Liván López

Cuban freestyle wrestler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Liván López Azcuy (born January 24, 1982) is a male freestyle wrestler from Cuba who competes in the 66 kg category. In 2011, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships.[1] The next year he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Liván López beat the reigning two-time World champion Mehdi Taghavi (1-0, 0-1, 5-0) in the first match, lost to 2012 Olympic Champion Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (0-1, 1-1) in the second match of the elimination rounds then won the bronze medal after defeating the two-time European champion and World Championships medalist Jabrayil Hasanov by fall in the repechage rounds.[2]

Nationality Cuba
Born (1982-01-24) January 24, 1982 (age 44)
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
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Livan Lopez
Liván López in 2012
Personal information
Nationality Cuba
Born (1982-01-24) January 24, 1982 (age 44)
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 London66 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 Budapest66 kg
Bronze medal – third place2011 Istanbul66 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Tashkent74 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 Guadalajara66 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Toronto74 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Rionegro66 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Frisco86 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Lima74 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Mexico74 kg
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