Leonela Ayoví

Leonela Aleyda Ayoví Parraga (born 7 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian freestyle wrestler. She is a silver and bronze medalist at the Bolivarian Games. She is also a two-time bronze medalist at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.

Career

In 2012, 2013 and 2014 she won medals at youth and junior levels at both national and international competitions. In 2014, she competed in the women's 70kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68kg event at the 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru. She competed the women's 68kg event at the 2018 South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Ayoví competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she competed in the women's 68kg event. She was eliminated in her first match by María Acosta of Venezuela. She also competed at the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala and the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.

Ayoví won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia. In 2023, she competed in the women's 62kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ayoví won a bronze medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. A few days later, she competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her first match.

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