Luisa Valverde

Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 51 kg event at the 2010 South American Games held in Medellín, Colombia.^[3]

Valverde won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.^[4] At the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil, she won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event.^[5]

In March 2020, Valverde competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[6] She did not qualify at this tournament and she also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[7]

Valverde won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.^[8] In May 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.^[9][10] A month later, she was able to qualify to represent Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics after qualified wrestler Pak Yong-mi of North Korea was no longer able to compete. Due to COVID-19, North Korea's decided to withdraw entirely from the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[11] She competed in the women's 53 kg event.^[12] She won her first match against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece and she was then eliminated in her next match by Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa of Mongolia.^[12]

Two months after the Olympics, Valverde lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.^[13][14] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.^[15][16]

Valverde won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[17][18] She was eliminated in her first match in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[19] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[20][21]

Valverde won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.^[22]

Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.^[23] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[24] Two months later, she also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[25][26] Valverde won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[27] She defeated Betzabeth Sarco of Venezuela in her bronze medal match.^[27]

Valverde won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.^[28] A few days later, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for Ecuador for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[29][30] She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Olympics.^[31] Valverde lost her second match against Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan and she was eliminated in the repechage by Hannah Taylor of Canada.^[31]