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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – Canadian wrestlers are returning home from the 2023 Senior Pan-American (Pan-Am) Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 3-6, with a solid medal haul. The team captured 13 total medals including: two gold, five silver, and six bronze.

Canadian men won seven medals (six Freestyle, one Greco-Roman), and the women captured six. That resulted in the Men’s Freestyle and Women’s teams earning second overall in the team competitions.

Women’s Results
The women were led by a pair of gold medalists, Thorold, Ontario’s Diana Weicker and Surrey, B.C.’s Ana Godinez Gonzalez. For Weicker, from Brock WC, she was in a round robin at 55kg. She opened with a win over American Alisha Howk 5-0 on points, then beat Adrianny Castillo (ARG) by superiority 12-2 to claim the gold.

As for Godinez Gonzalez, Burnaby Mountain WC, she had a bye to the 62kg quarterfinal where she met Katherine Renteria (COL). Godinez Gonzalez won by superiority 10-0 advancing her to the semifinal. In the semi, she bested Lais Nunes (BRA) on points 10-5. The final saw her take on Nathali Griman (VEN), where she earned the win by pin, allowing her to successfully defend her gold medal from 2022.

Alex Town, from Toronto and London-Western WC, captured silver in the women’s 59kg weight class. Meanwhile, a trio of wrestlers captured bronze: Aleah Nickel, Swift Current, Saskatchewan and Edmonton WC, at 65kg; Katie Mulkay, Sherwood Park, Alberta and Edmonton WC, at 72kg; and Justina Di Stasio, Burnaby, B.C. and Burnaby Mountain WC at 76kg.

Other women’s results were: Madi Parks, Komoka, Ontario and London-Western WC, fifth at 50kg; Hannah Taylor, Summerside, PEI and Brock WC, seventh at 57kg; and Olivia Di Bacco, Orillia, Ontario and Brock WC, 10th at 68kg.

Men’s Results   
The men’s team featured four wrestlers who took home silver medals. Jasmit Phulka, Abbotsford, B.C. and Burnaby Mountain WC, had a great tournament at 79kg, with his only blemish coming in the gold-medal match against multiple-time world champion Jordan Burroughs (USA). Jeremy Poirier, Montreal and Montreal-NTC, took silver in the 92kg weight class, a round robin event that saw him lose only one match, to American Michael Macchiavello. Connor Quinton, Kingston, Ontario and Kingston WC, was second in the 70kg round robin, finishing with a 3-1 record, only losing to gold medalist Zain Retherford (USA). Alex Moore, Montreal and Montreal – NTC, took silver in the 86kg weight class. He cruised to the final but dropped the match to Yurieski Torreblanca of Cuba.

A trio of men won bronze: Jason Luneau, St-Lazare, Quebec and Montreal-NTC, in the men’s 61kg; Nishan Randhawa, Abbotsford and Burnaby Mountain WC, in the 97kg; and John Yeats, Montreal and Tritton Performance, in Greco-Roman 82kg.

Rounding out the other men’s results were: Darthe Capellan, Coquitlam, B.C. and Burnaby Mountain WC, fifth in 57kg; Jacob Alexander Torres, Coquitlam and Burnaby Mountain WC, 10th at 65kg; Adam Thomson, Komoka and London-Western WC, fifth at 74kg; Karanveer Mahil, Mississauga, Ontario and Hamilton WC, ninth at 125kg; and Cole Sanderson, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Saskatoon WC, fifth Greco-Roman 72kg.

For complete information on the 2022 Senior Pan-American Championships visit: https://uww.org/event/pan-american-championships-17?section=results

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