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Iván Fundora

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Cuban freestyle wrestler In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fundora and the second or maternal family name is Zaldivar.
Iván Fundora
Personal information
Born (1976-04-14) April 14, 1976 (age 48)
Havana, Cuba
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 74 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Baku 74 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 74 kg

Ivan Fundora Zaldivar (born April 14, 1976) is a former Cuban freestyle wrestler, who was an Olympian in 2004 and 2008. He won the bronze medal in the Men's freestyle 74kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics. and finished in 5th place in Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Fundora also wrestled at 5 world championships. He won bronze at the 2007 FILA Wrestling World Championships.

In addition, Fundora also won a gold medal in Wrestling at the 2007 Pan American Games and came in first place each year from 2003-2010 at the Pan American Championships. He is notable among American wrestling fans for defeating Ben Askren at the 2008 Olympics.

References

  1. "Wrestling marred by brawl". BBC. 2004-08-29. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  2. "FILA – Senior World Championship 2007". FILA. Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2008-11-10.

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