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Giullia Penalber

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, reached the quarterfinals three times in the World Wrestling Championships, in the 2014, 2019 and 2021 editions, and finished 5th at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Giullia Penalber
Giullia Penalber at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Full nameGiullia Rodrigues Penalber de Oliveira
Born (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32)
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Height162 cm (5.31 ft; 64 in)
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class57 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima 57 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ottawa 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Frisco 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Buenos Aires 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Acapulco 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Santiago 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Acapulco 57 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción 57 kg

Career

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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] Penalber also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey and she earned a quota place for Brazil for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[26]

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, being ranked 11th in the world, she entered as the tournament's No. 7 seed. She beat Rckaela Aquino, from Guam, in the first round, but in the quarterfinals, she faced Moldovan Anastasia Nichita, who was the 2022 world champion, 2023 world runner-up and current No. 2 in the world, losing 5-0, and was awaiting the possibility of a repechage.[27][28][29] After the Moldovan qualified for the final, Penalber entered the repechage, where she would face the German Sandra Paruszewski, two-time bronze medalist at the European Championships. [30] Penalber won the fight and became the first Brazilian in history to reach a medal match in Olympic Wrestling. She lost to China's Kexin Hong in the bronze medal match, but finished in 5th place, the best placement in the country's history in the sport. [31][32][33]

Personal life

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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

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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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  1. ^ "Giullia Rodrigues Penalber de Oliveira". 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ "2014 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ^ "2018 South American Games Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ Etchells, Daniel (8 March 2020). "Arthur wins first Pan American Wrestling Championships title for Jamaica". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b "2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. ^ a b "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.
  12. ^ Pavitt, Michael (29 May 2021). "Gray among winners as women's competition concludes at Pan American Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  13. ^ "2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  14. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ Burke, Patrick (7 May 2022). "Hildebrandt earns seventh Pan American Championships wrestling title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  17. ^ "2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  19. ^ "2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  20. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Luchadora Soleymi Caraballo sacó la casta y logró el oro en Asunción 2022". Diario Primicia (in Spanish). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  22. ^ "2022 South American Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  23. ^ a b "2023 Pan American Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  24. ^ "2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  25. ^ a b "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  26. ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  27. ^ Giullia Penalber será cabeça de chave nos Jogos Olímpicos
  28. ^ Giullia Penalber perde nas quartas do wrestling em Paris
  29. ^ Giulia Penalber conhece adversária de estreia no Wrestling em Paris
  30. ^ Giullia Penalber vai à repescagem e segue na briga pelo bronze
  31. ^ Giullia Penalber vence alemã na repescagem e vai disputar o bronze no wrestling em Paris
  32. ^ Giullia Penalber vence alemã na repescagem e coloca Brasil na disputa por medalha no wrestling
  33. ^ Giullia Penalber perde bronze para chinesa, mas garante melhor colocação do Brasil no wrestling
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