Martina Kuenz

Martina Kuenz (born 1 November 1994) is an Austrian freestyle wrestler. At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 72kg event. She is also a five-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

In 2010, Kuenz competed in the girls' freestyle 70kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. She finished in 5th place. In the final, she lost against Yasemin Adar of Turkey. In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She did not qualify as she lost her match in the semi-finals against Natalia Vorobieva. She lost her match in the semi-finals against Yasemin Adar of Turkey and she then also lost her bronze medal match against Milaimys Marín of Cuba. She competed in the 76kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her first match. A few months later, Kuenz won the bronze medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.

Kuenz competed in the 76kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She won her first match against Tatiana Rentería of Colombia and she then lost against eventual silver medalist Samar Amer of Egypt. In the final, she lost against Yasemin Adar of Turkey. She was eliminated in her third match and she did not qualify for the Olympics at this event. She lost her first match and she was eliminated in the second round of the repechage.

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