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Cătălina Axente

Cătălina Axente

Romanian freestyle wrestler

Cătălina Axente is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 72 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[1][2] She also won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Career

In 2018, Axente won a bronze medal in the 76 kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3][4]

Axente represented Romania at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus in the 76 kg where she lost her only match against Ayşegül Özbeğe.[5] In 2020, she competed in the women's 76 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6]

In March 2021, Axente competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] In April 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the 72 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw, Poland.[8] In May 2021, Axente failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9]

In 2022, Axente competed in the 76 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[10] She lost her bronze medal match in the 76 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[11] A few months later, Axente also lost her bronze medal match in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[12] She competed in the 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13]

Axente won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[14][15] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. She competed in the 76 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania where she was eliminated in her first match.[16]

Axente competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[17]

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References

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    "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    Etchells, Daniel (14 February 2020). "Hristova beats last year's gold medallist Manolova at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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    Pavitt, Michael (7 June 2018). "Tosun delivers home gold at UWW Under-23 European Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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    "2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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    "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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    "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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    "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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    "2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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    "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  10. [10]
    "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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    "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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    "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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    "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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    Lloyd, Owen (20 April 2023). "Ukraine subjected to defeat in three finals at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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    "2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  16. [16]
    "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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    "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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