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Full name | Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Babahoyo, Ecuador | 4 July 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ecuador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luisa Elizabeth Valverde Melendres (born 4 July 1991) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time gold medalist at the South American Games (2018 and 2022) and a bronze medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. She also won medals at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.[1][2]
Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 51 kg event at the 2010 South American Games held in Medellín, Colombia.[3]
Valverde won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.[4] At the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil, she won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event.[5]
In March 2020, Valverde competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She did not qualify at this tournament and she also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[7]
Valverde won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[8] In May 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[9][10] A month later, she was able to qualify to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics after qualified wrestler Pak Yong-mi of North Korea was no longer able to compete. Due to COVID-19, North Korea's decided to withdraw entirely from the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11] She competed in the women's 53 kg event.[12] She won her first match against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece and she was then eliminated in her next match by Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa of Mongolia.[12]
Two months after the Olympics, Valverde lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[13][14] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[15][16]
Valverde won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[17][18] She was eliminated in her first match in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[19] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[20][21]
Valverde won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.[22]
Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[23] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[24] Two months later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[25][26] Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[27] She defeated Betzabeth Sarco of Venezuela in her bronze medal match.[27]
Valverde won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[28] A few days later, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for Ecuador for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[29][30] She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Olympics.[31] Valverde lost her second match against Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan and she was eliminated in the repechage by Hannah Taylor of Canada.[31]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2010 | South American Games | Medellín, Colombia | 3rd | Freestyle 51 kg |
2011 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Rionegro, Colombia | 3rd | Freestyle 48 kg |
2013 | Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Peru | 3rd | Freestyle 51 kg |
2014 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Mexico City, Mexico | 1st | Freestyle 55 kg |
2015 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Santiago, Chile | 2nd | Freestyle 55 kg |
2016 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Frisco, United States | 2nd | Freestyle 55 kg |
2017 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lauro de Freitas, Brazil | 3rd | Freestyle 53 kg |
Bolivarian Games | Santa Marta, Colombia | 3rd | Freestyle 53 kg | |
2018 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Lima, Peru | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg | |
2019 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
2020 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Ottawa, Canada | 1st | Freestyle 53 kg |
2021 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
2022 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Acapulco, Mexico | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
Bolivarian Games | Valledupar, Colombia | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg | |
South American Games | Asunción, Paraguay | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg | |
2023 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg |
Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg | |
2024 | Pan American Wrestling Championships | Acapulco, Mexico | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg |