Iván Fundora
Cuban freestyle wrestler
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Born | 1976-04-14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ivan Fundora Zaldivar (born April 14, 1976) is a former Cuban freestyle wrestler, who was an Olympian in 2004 and 2008. He won the bronze medal in the Men's freestyle 74kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] and finished in 5th place in Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Fundora also wrestled at 5 world championships. He won bronze at the 2007 FILA Wrestling World Championships.[2]
In addition, Fundora also won a gold medal in Wrestling at the 2007 Pan American Games and came in first place each year from 2003-2010 at the Pan American Championships. He is notable among American wrestling fans for defeating Ben Askren at the 2008 Olympics.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iván Fundora". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-05-24.
External links
- Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
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