Giullia Penalber

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Giullia Penalber
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Giullia Penalber at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Born (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32)
Height 162 cm (5.31 ft; 64 in)
Sport
Country Brazil
Sport Amateur wrestling
Weight class 57 kg
Event(s) Freestyle

Giullia Rodrigues Penalber de Oliveira (born 13 April 1992)[1] is a Brazilian freestyle wrestler. She is the gold medalist in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games and the 2018 South American Games. She is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.

Career

Penalber competed in the 55 kg event at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan where she reached the quarterfinals.[2] The following year, she competed in the 53 kg event where she was eliminated in her first match by Lilya Horishna of Ukraine.[3] In 2018, she competed in the 57 kg event where she was eliminated in her second match by Grace Bullen of Norway. In 2019, she reached the quarterfinals in the 57 kg event.[4]

Penalber competed at several editions of the Pan American Games. In 2015, she represented Brazil without winning a medal and, at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, she won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event.[5]

In 2018, Penalber won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia.[6] At the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada, she won the gold medal in the 57 kg event.[7] She also competed in the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, also held in Ottawa, Canada, without qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8] She won one match and lost two matches and she did not advance to the semi-finals.[8]

In March 2021, Penalber won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.[9] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[10] In May 2021, she failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[11] She won her first two matches but she then lost her match in the semi-finals against Mathilde Rivière of France.[11] At the end of that same month, she won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[12][13] In October 2021, she was eliminated in her second match in the women's 57 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.[14]

In 2022, Penalber competed in the 57 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[15] She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[16][17] A month later, Penalber also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[18] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Tunis Ranking Series event held in Tunis, Tunisia.[19]

She was eliminated in her first match in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[21][22]

Penalber won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[23] She defeated Hannah Taylor of Canada in her gold medal match.[23]

In 2024, Penalber won the silver medal in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[24] A few days later, she competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[25] She was eliminated in her first match.[25]

Personal life

Judoka Victor Penalber is her brother. Before switching to wrestling, she also competed in judo and she won medals at several events, including the 2009 Pan American U20 Championships and the 2012 Brazilian U23 Championships.

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2015 Pan American Wrestling Championships Santiago, Chile 3rd Freestyle 53 kg
2016 Pan American Wrestling Championships Frisco, United States 2nd Freestyle 55 kg
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships Ottawa, Canada 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships Acapulco, Mexico 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 2nd Freestyle 57 kg
2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd Freestyle 57 kg
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Acapulco, Mexico 2nd Freestyle 57 kg

References

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