Gabriel Rosillo

Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler
Gabriel Rosillo
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Alejandro Rosillo Kindelán
Born (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25)[1]
Santiago de Cuba
Sport
CountryCuba
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class97 kg
EventGreco-Roman

Gabriel Alejandro Rosillo Kindelán (born 4 January 1999) is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. Rosillo also won gold in his event at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[2]

Career

In 2018, Rosillo won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru. A year later, he went on to win the gold medal in this event.

In 2019, Rosillo won gold at the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships at 97kg in Greco Roman.

In March 2020, Rosillo qualified to represent Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada.[3][4] A week earlier, he won the silver medal in the 97 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships, also held in Ottawa, Canada.[5]

Rosillo competed in the men's 97 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[6] He was eliminated in his first match by Arvi Savolainen of Finland.[6]

Rosillo won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7] He defeated Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia in his gold medal match.[7] In 2024, Rosillo won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[8] He defeated Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan in his bronze medal match.[8]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lima, Peru 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg
2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships Ottawa, Canada 2nd Greco-Roman 97 kg
2023 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling ROSILLO KINDELAN Gabriel Alejandro - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ Houston, Michael (13 March 2020). "Cuba seal maximum Olympics quota spots in Greco-Roman wrestling". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (6 March 2020). "United States win three golds on day one of Pan American Wrestling Championships in Ottawa". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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World Champions in Greco-Roman heavyweight (97 kg)
  • 1904: +75 kg
  • 1905: +80 kg
  • 1907: +85 kg
  • 1908–1909: +75 kg
  • 1910: +85 kg
  • 1911: +83 kg
  • 1913–1922: +82.5 kg
  • 1950–1961: +87 kg
  • 1962–1967: +97 kg
  • 1969–1995: 100 kg
  • 1997–2001: 97 kg
  • 2002–2013: 96 kg
  • 2014–2017: 98 kg
  • 2018–present: 97 kg