Agustín Destribats

Agustín Alejandro Destribats (born October 30, 1997) is an Argentinian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms.[1] A three–time South American champion, Destribats qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics when he defeated three–time NCAA Division I National champion Zain Retherford at the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament.[2]

Agustín Destribats
Personal information
Full nameAgustín Alejandro Destribats
NationalityArgentinian
Born (1997-10-30) October 30, 1997
Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)
ClubLatina
Coached byLeonardo Torres
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Argentina
Individual World Cup
2020 Belgrade61 kg
Pan American Championships
2019 Buenos Aires 65 kg
2020 Ottawa 65 kg
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba 65 kg
South American Championships
2015 Santiago57 kg
2016 Cartagena61 kg
2017 Rio de Janeiro61 kg
Junior Pan American Championships
2016 Barinas60 kg
2017 Lima60 kg
South American Youth Games
2013 Lima63 kg
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Argentina
Junior Pan American Championships
2017 Lima60 kg
South American Youth Games
2013 Lima60 kg

Career

Destribats started wrestling when he was 9 years old in a local club that offered savate, capoeira and wrestling. In 2013 he won the South American Youth Games in both, freestyle and Greco-Roman and in 2014 he won gold in the Pan American Championships as a cadet in freestyle.[3]

In 2015 he won his first major title in the senior level, as he earned a gold medal at the South American Championships despite being only 18 years old.[4]

In 2016 he won his second consecutive senior South American Championship[4] and also claimed a Pan American title in the junior level.[5] One of his most successful years of his competitive career was 2017, as he claimed three South American Championships (two at the junior level in both styles and one senior title in freestyle),[6][7] double-gold (freestyle and Greco) at the junior Pan American Championships[8][9] and a silver medal at the Brazil Cup.[10]

In 2018, he claimed a silver medal at the South American Games.[9] In 2019, he claimed bronze medals at the Pan American Championships[11] and at the Henri Deglane Challenge.[12]

In 2020, Destribats competed once again at the Pan American Championships, placing third and only losing to two-time age-group World Champion and two-time NCAA Division I champion Yianni Diakomihalis.[13]

After the Pan American Championships, Destribats competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament. At the semifinals, he pulled up an upset by defeating the accomplished Zain Retherford (19' World Cup champion, three-time NCAA Division I champion, two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner and age-group World Champion), whom he pinned early in the first period.[14][13] He was forced to pull out of the championship match due to a knee injury that was caused during his match with Yianni Diakomihalis at the earlier tournament.[15] The silver medal qualified him to represent Argentina in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[16] Destribats is the first male Argentinian to qualify for the Olympic Games since Paulo Ibire did in 1996.[17][18]

In 2020, he also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 61 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[19][20]

Competitive results

Senior & U23 level
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2015 Pan American Wrestling Championships Santiago, Chile 7th Freestyle 57 kg
2015 South American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2016 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Sofia, Bulgaria 12th Freestyle 57 kg
2016 Yaşar Doğu Istanbul, Turkey 8th Freestyle 57 kg
2016 Pan American Wrestling Championships Frisco, Texas, United States 5th Freestyle 57 kg
2016 Pan American Wrestling Championships Frisco, Texas, United States 7th Greco-Roman 59 kg
2016 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Frisco, Texas, United States 5th Freestyle 57 kg
2016 South American Wrestling Championships Cartagena, Colombia 1st Freestyle 61 kg
2017 Grand Prix of Paris Paris, France 7th Freestyle 61 kg
2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lauro de Freitas, Brazil 6th Freestyle 61 kg
2017 South American Wrestling Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Freestyle 61 kg
2017 Brazil Wrestling Cup Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Freestyle 65 kg
2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lima, Peru 7th Freestyle 65 kg
2018 2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Colombia 2nd Freestyle 65 kg
2018 Ion Corneanu & Ladislau Simon Memorial Bucharest, Romania 5th Freestyle 65 kg
2019 Henri Deglane Challenge Nice, France 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
2019 RS - Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Russe, Bulgaria 20th Freestyle 65 kg
2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 5th Freestyle 65 kg
2019 U23 World Wrestling Championship Budapest, Hungary 19th Freestyle 65 kg
2020 Matteo Peliccone RS Rome, Italy 9th Freestyle 65 kg
2020 Pan American Championships Ottawa, Canada 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Ottawa, Canada 2nd Freestyle 65 kg
2020 Moscow Grand Prix Moscow, Russia 4th Freestyle 65 kg
2020 Individual World Cup Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
2021 Henri Deglane Challenge Nice, France 5th Freestyle 65 kg
2021 RS - Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1st Freestyle 65 kg
2021 Pan American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 7th Freestyle 65 kg
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 11th Freestyle 65 kg

Junior level
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2016 Pan American Wrestling Championships Barinas, Venezuela 1st Freestyle 60 kg
2016 World Wrestling Championships Mâcon, France 14th Freestyle 60 kg
2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lima, Peru 1st Greco-Roman 60 kg
2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lima, Peru 1st Freestyle 60 kg
2017 South American Wrestling Championships Lima, Peru 1st Greco-Roman 60 kg
2017 South American Wrestling Championships Lima, Peru 1st Freestyle 60 kg
2017 World Wrestling Championships Tampere, Finland 15th Freestyle 60 kg

Cadet level
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2013 South American Youth Games Lima, Peru 1st Freestyle 60 kg
2013 South American Youth Games Lima, Peru 1st Greco-Roman 60 kg
2013 Pan American Wrestling Championships Medellin, Colombia 5th Greco-Roman 58 kg
2013 Pan American Wrestling Championships Medellin, Colombia 9th Freestyle 58 kg
2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships Recife, Brazil 1st Greco-Roman 58 kg
2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships Recife, Brazil 9th Freestyle 63 kg
2014 World Wrestling Championships Snina, Slovakia 26th Greco-Roman 58 kg
2014 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Nanjing, China 4th Greco-Roman 58 kg

Freestyle record

References
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