Agustín Destribats

Agustín Alejandro Destribats (born 30 October 1997) is an Argentine freestyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms. He has represented Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics, at the 2023 Pan American Games, earning bronze, and the 2018 and 2022 editions of the South American Games, earning silver and gold respectively.

A bronze medalist at the 2020 Individual World Cup, Destribats also claimed the gold medal in the 2025 edition of the Pan American Championships, where he is a five-time medalist.

Career

2013–2019 Destribats started wrestling when he was nine years old in a local club that offered savate, capoeira, and wrestling. In 2013 he won the South American Youth Games in both, freestyle and Greco-Roman and in 2014 he won gold at the U17 Pan American Championships in freestyle.

In 2015, he won his first major title at the senior level, earning a gold medal at the South American Championships in the 57 kilogram category at 18 years old.

In 2016, Destribats moved up to 61 kilograms and won his second consecutive senior South American Championship, also claiming a U20 Pan American title. In 2017, he claimed three South American Championship gold medals (two at the U20 level in both styles and one senior title in freestyle), two gold medals (freestyle and Greco) at the U20 Pan American Championships and a silver medal at the Brazil Cup, moving up to 65 kilograms for the latter.

In 2018, he claimed a silver medal at the South American Games. and at the Henri Deglane Challenge.

2020–2021 In 2020, Destribats competed once again at the Pan American Championships, earning his first medal at the tournament with a bronze and only falling to two-time age-group World Champion Yianni Diakomihalis. He became the first male Argentine wrestler to qualify for the Olympic Games since Paulo Ibire in 1996. Destribats did not compete in the championship match due to a knee injury.

After the Olympic Games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Destribats trimmed down to 61 kilograms and claimed a bronze medal from the 2020 Individual World Cup, notably defeating U23 World champion Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov and World medalist Rahul Aware in the process.

Back up at 65 kilograms in 2021, Destribats placed fifth at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane, first at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Grand Prix and seventh at the Pan American Championships, before competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in August. He was eliminated in the first round by World medalist from Hungary Ismail Musukaev.

2022–2024 To start off 2022, Destribats repeated as a bronze medalist at the Pan American Championships. Placing fourth and third at the Tunis Ranking Series and the Ion Cornianu & Ladislau Simon Memorial, respectively, he then made his first World Championship appearance in the 2022 edition. After defeating World Champion from Georgia Beka Lomtadze, Destribats fell to three-time World Champion from Azerbaijan Haji Aliyev. He then claimed the gold medal at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.

To start off 2023, Destribats placed seventh, tenth and ninth at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane, the Grand Prix Zagreb Open and the Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series, respectively, before claiming bronze medals at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Grand Prix and the Pan American Championships.

Destribats then placed fifth and nineteenth at the Kaba Uulu Kozhomkul & Raatbek Sanatbaev Memorial & Ranking Series and the Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial & Ranking Series, respectively, before placing fourteenth in his second appearance at the World Championships. To close out the year, he claimed a bronze medal for Argentina at the 2023 Pan American Games.

After a tenth-place finish at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open to start off 2024, Destribats upgraded to a silver medal at the Pan American Championships, defeating two foreign opponents before forfeiting in the finals to Nick Lee due to injury. In the following days, he competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He was eliminated by Cuba's two-time World Championship medalist Alejandro Valdés in the first round.

2025 After an eleventh-place finish at the Muhamet Malo Ranking Series to start off 2025, Destribats became Argentina's first ever male to win the gold medal at the Pan American Championships, defeating two-time champion of the tournament Joseph McKenna from the United States in the finals.

Freestyle record

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location

Win 72–47

Monterrey, Mexico Win 71–47

Win 70–47

Loss 69–47

Loss 69–46

Loss

Win 69–45

Win 68–45

Loss 67–45

Loss 67–44

Win 67–43

Win 66–43

Loss 65–43

Win 65–42

Loss 64–42

Win 64–41

Loss 63–41

Loss 63–40

Loss 63–39

Win 63–38

Win 62–38

Win 61–38

Loss 60–38

Win 60–37

Win 59–37

Win 58–37

Win 57–37

Loss 56–37

Win 56–36

Loss 55–36

Loss 55–35

Win 55–34

Loss 54–34

Loss 54–33

Loss 54–32

Win 54–31

Win 53–31

Win 52–31

Asuncion, Paraguay Win 51–31

Win 50–31

Loss 49–31

Win 49–30

Win 48–30

Loss 47–30

Win 47–29

Win 46–29

Win 45–29

Loss 44–29

Loss 44–28

Loss 44–27

Win 44–26

Loss 43–26

Win 43–25

Win 42–25

Loss 41–25

Tokyo, Japan

Loss 41–24

Win 41–23

Win 40–23

Plovdiv, Bulgaria Win 39–23

Win 38–23

Win 37–23

Nice, France Loss 36–23

Win 36–22

Win 35–22

Belgrade, Serbia Loss 34–22

Win 34–21

Win 33–21

Loss

Ottawa, Canada Win 32–21

Win 31–21

Win 30–21

Ottawa, Canada Loss 29–21

Win 29–20

Win 28–20

Loss 27–20

Rome, Italy Win 27–19

Loss 26–19

Budapest, Hungary

Loss 26–18

Lima, Peru Loss 26–17

Win 26–16

Win 25–16

Buenos Aires, Argentina Loss 24–16

Win 24–15

Win 23–15

Loss 22–15

Ruse, Bulgaria Loss 22–14

Win 22–13

Nice, France Loss 21–13

Win 21–12

Win 20–12

Loss 19–12

Cochabamba, Bolivia Win 19–11

Win 18–11

Win 17–11

Win 16–11

Loss 15–11

Lima, Peru Win 15–10

Loss 14–10

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Win 14–9

Win 13–9

Win 12–9

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Loss 11–9

Lauro de Freitas, Brazil

Loss 11–8

Paris, France Win 11–7

Win 10–7

Cartagena, Colombia Win 9–7

Win 8–7

Loss 7–7

Frisco, Texas Loss 7–6

Win 7–5

Loss 6–5

Frisco, Texas

Loss 6–4

Sofia, Bulgaria

Win 6–3

Buenos Aires, Argentina Win 5–3

Win 4–3

Win 3–3

Loss 2–3

Santiago, Chile Win 2–2

Loss 1–2

Colorado Springs, Colorado Win 1–1

Loss 0–1