Vasile Diacon
Moldovan freestyle wrestler (born 2000)
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Vasile Diacon (born 2000) is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler who competes in the 70–74 kg division. He is a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships.
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| Born | January 1, 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Moldova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 70–74 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Diacon won the bronze medal in the 70 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[1]
He also won the bronze medal in the 74 kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Pontevedra, Spain. In U23 European competition, he secured a silver medal in 2023 (Bucharest) and a bronze in 2022 (Plovdiv).[2]
As a junior, Diacon won the gold medal at the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships and a bronze in 2018. He was also the European junior champion in 2019 and cadet European silver medalist in 2017.[3]