Ludmila Cristea
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Nationality | Moldova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ştefan Vodă, Moldavian SSR | 27 March 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Victor Peicov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ludmila Cristea (born March 27, 1986 in Ştefan Vodă) is an amateur Moldovan freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's lightweight category.[1] Since 2006, Cristea had won a total of four medals (three silver and one bronze) for the 55 kg class at the European Wrestling Championships.[2][3]
Cristea represented Moldova at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 55 kg class. She defeated Venezuela's Marcia Andrades in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Canadian wrestler and Olympic silver medalist Tonya Verbeek, who was able to score three points each in two straight periods, leaving Cristea without a single point.[4][5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ludmila Cristea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Natalia Budu and Ludmila Cristea get spots on Dortmund podium". Moldova Sports. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (1 April 2011). "Ukraine, Azerbaijan each win three women's titles at European Championships". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's Freestyle 55kg (121 lbs) Quarterfinal Official". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Wrestler Verbeek captures Canada's third medal". CBC Sports. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.