Yusneylys Guzmán

Yusneylys Guzmán Lopez (born 8 August 1996) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler. She is a gold medalist at the Pan American Games and the Pan American Wrestling Championships. She is also a three-time medalist, including gold, at the Central American and Caribbean Games. Guzmán competed in the women's 50kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Guzmán lost to Vinesh Phogat in semifinal but still qualified to the final round of women's 50kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France as Vinesh Phogat, the original opponent of Sarah Hildebrandt was disqualified before the final game for being overweight by 100 grams. She lost to Hildebrandt, but would win the silver medal.

Career

Guzmán competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games both in 2014 and in 2018: she won the silver medal in the women's 48 kg event in 2014 and she won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event in 2018.

In 2015, Guzmán represented Cuba at the Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada in the 48kg event without winning a medal. She lost her bronze medal match against Alyssa Lampe of the United States. The following year, she competed in the 2016 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament without qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In this competition, she also lost her bronze medal match against Alyssa Lampe. She won the silver medal in the 50kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. In that same year, Guzmán also competed in the 50kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships where she was eliminated in her first match.

In March 2020, Guzmán qualified at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada to represent Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed in the women's 50kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. She defeated Jacqueline Mollocana of Ecuador in her gold medal match. At the 2024 Olympics, Guzmàn lost in semifinal to Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat by 5-0 but still qualified for the final match as finalist Phogat was disqualified for being overweight by 100 grams. In the final, she settled for the silver medal after losing to American wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt.

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