Nilton Soto

Nilton Gonzalo Marcos Soto Garcia (born 30 December 1997) is a Peruvian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 67kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru after Shalom Villegas was stripped of his silver medal. He also won a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.

Career

In 2020, Soto competed in the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament, held in Ottawa, Canada, without qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In May 2021, he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Soto won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. He competed at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 2024, he competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his first match.

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