Agustín Destribats

Agustín Alejandro Destribats (born October 30, 1997) is an Argentinian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms. He qualified for the 20' Summer Olympics by defeating 19' World Cup champion Zain Retherford.

Agustín Destribats

Personal information
Nationality	Argentinian
Born	(1997-10-30) October 30, 1997 Córdoba, Argentina
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle Greco-Roman
Club	Latina
Coached by	Leonardo Torres
Medal record Men's Freestyle wrestling Representing  Argentina Pan American Championships 2019 Buenos Aires 65 kg 2020 Ottawa 65 kg South American Games 2018 Cochabamba 65 kg South American Championships 2015 Santiago 57 kg 2016 Cartagena 61 kg 2017 Rio de Janeiro 61 kg Junior Pan American Championships 2016 Barinas 60 kg 2017 Lima 60 kg South American Youth Games 2013 Lima 63 kg Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Argentina Junior Pan American Championships 2017 Lima 60 kg South American Youth Games 2013 Lima 60 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.[1]

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.[2]

In 2016 he won his second consecutive senior South American Championship[2] and also claimed a Pan American title in the junior level.[3] 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)[4][5], double-gold (freestyle and Greco) at the junior Pan American Championships[6][7] and a silver medal at the Brazil Cup.[8]

In 2018, he claimed a silver medal at the South American Games.[7] In 2019, he claimed bronze medals at the Pan American Championships[9] and at the Henri Deglane Challenge.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12][11] 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.[13]

The silver medal qualified him to represent Argentina in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14] Destribats is the first male Argentinian to qualify for the Olympic Games since Paulo Ibire did in 1996.[15][16]

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 Wrestling Championships	Ottawa, Canada	3rd	Freestyle 65 kg
2020	Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament	Ottawa, Canada	2nd	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

International Senior & U23 Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification at 65 kg
Win	30-21	Zain Retherford	Fall	March 13 - 15, 2020	2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament	Ottawa, Canada
Win	29-21	Albaro Rudesindo Camacho	7-2
2020 Pan American Championships at 65 kg
Win	28-21	Jose Rodriguez	TF 10-0	March 6 - 9, 2020	2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Ottawa, Canada
Loss	27-21	Yianni Diakomihalis	4-7
Win	27-20	Vincent De Marinis	11-2
Win	26-20	Uber Cuero	7-2
2020 Matteo Pellicone International 9th at 65 kg
Loss	25-20	Erik Arushanian	Fall	January 15 - 18, 2020	2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series	Rome, Italy
Win	25-19	Jose Rodriguez	6-2
2019 U23 World Championships 19th at 65 kg
Loss	24-19	Roman Asharin	TF 2-12	October 28 - November 3, 2019	2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship	Budapest, Hungary
2019 Pan American Games 5th at 65 kg
Loss	24-18	Jaydin Eierman	TF 4-15	August 7 - 10, 2019	2019 Pan American Games	Lima, Peru
Loss	24-17	Alejandro Valdés	Fall
Win	24-16	Wilfredo Rodriguez	17-10
2019 Pan American Championships at 65 kg
Win	23-16	Sixto Auccapiña	TF 16-5	April 18 - 21, 2019	2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	22-16	Colton McCrystal	6-15
Win	22-15	Uber Cuero	4-2
Win	21-15	Marcos Wesley De Brito Siqueira	TF 10-0
2019 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 20th at 65 kg
Loss	20-15	Bernard Futrell	0-8	February 28 - March 3, 2019	2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament	Ruse, Bulgaria
Loss	20-14	Jordan Oliver	3-3
2019 Henri Deglane Challenge at 65 kg
Win	20-13	Stefan Ionut Coman	6-4	February 1 - 3, 2019	2019 Henri Deglane Challenge	Nice, France
Loss	19-13	Nyurgun Skryabin	TF 0-10
Win	19-12	Patryk Olenczyn	TF 10-0
Win	18-12	Viktar Shmuliai	Fall
2018 South American Games at 65 kg
Loss	17-12	Anthony Montero	0-4	June 5 - 7, 2018	2018 South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia
Win	17-11	Fernando Espinoza	TF 10-0
Win	16-11	Uber Cuero	7-0
Win	15-11	Sixto Auccapiña	Fall
Win	14-11	Freddy Vera	TF 11-0
2018 Pan American Championships 7th at 65 kg
Loss	13-11	Alejandro Valdés	TF 0-10	May 3 - 6, 2018	2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Lima, Peru
Win	13-10	Joao Victor Dos Santos Silva	TF 10-0
2017 Brazil Cup at 65 kg
Loss	12-10	Andres Castaneda	6-8	November 23 - 27, 2017	2017 Brazil Cup	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	12-9	Lucas Pav	11-7
Win	11-9	Carlos Murta	TF 10-0
2017 South American Championship at 61 kg
Win	10-9	Marcos Oliveira	TF 10-0	November 22 - 23, 2017	2017 South American Wrestling Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 Pan American Championships 6th at 61 kg
Loss	9-9	Logan Stieber	TF 4-16	May 5 - 7, 2017	2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Lauro de Freitas, Brazil
2017 Paris Grand Prix 7th at 61 kg
Loss	9-8	Jozsef Molnar	6-7	January 28 - 29, 2017	2017 Grand Prix of Paris	Paris, France
Win	9-7	Salvatore Mannino	8-0
2016 South American Championship at 61 kg
Win	8-7	Uber Cuero		November 16 - 19, 2016	2016 South American Wrestling Championships	Cartagena, Colombia
2016 Pan American Olympic Qualification 5th at 57 kg
Loss	7-7	Uber Cuero	0-8	March 5, 2016	2016 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament	Frisco, Texas
Loss	7-6	Yowlys Bonne	Fall
Win	7-5	Andre Quispe	8-4
2016 Pan American Championships 5th at 57 kg
Loss	6-5	Baron Andry Jose	11-14	February 26 - 28, 2016	2016 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Frisco, Texas
2016 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 12th at 57 kg
Loss	6-4	Ogonowski Tomasz	TF 3-13	January 29 - 31, 2016	2016 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament	Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 South American Championship at 57 kg
Win	6-3	Samuel Alva		November 13 - 15, 2015	2015 South American Wrestling Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	5-3	Carlos Fernandez
Win	4-3	Andre Quispe
Win	3-3	Marvin Chavez
2015 Pan American Championships 7th at 57 kg
Loss	2-3	Steven Takahashi	TF 0-10	April 24 - 26, 2015	2015 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Santiago, Chile
Win	2-2	Juan Rubelin Ramirez Beltre	Fall
2015 Dave Schultz M. International at 57 kg
Loss	1-2	Stevan Mićić	TF 0-11	January 28 - 31, 2015	2015 Dave Schultz Memorial International	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Win	1-1	Dylan Bray	7-6
Loss	0-1	Joe Colon	Fall

References

1. "Premios Estímulo 2014: Agustín Destribats (lucha)". Mundo La Voz (in Spanish). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
2. "U.S. Greco-Roman Team receives draws for junior Pan American Championships in Peru". Team USA. June 8, 2017.
3. "Campeonato Panamericano Juvenil. Barinas, Venezuela-2016" (PDF). United World Wrestling.
4. "CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO JUVENIL LIMA 2017 - Jun 2017" (PDF). United World Wrestling.
5. "CAMPEONATO SUL AMERICANO 2017" (PDF). United World Wrestling.
6. "WrestlingReport.com • View topic - PanAm Games August 7-10 in Peru". wrestlingreport.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
7. "12 Americans get day-two draws day for Dan Kolov International; Burroughs v Chamizo likely in round two". Team USA. February 28, 2019.
8. "COPA BRASIL INTERNACIONAL 2017" (PDF). United World Wrestling.
9. "USA Men's Freestyle Becomes First Team in History to Win Every Pan Am Weight". United World Wrestling. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
10. "Bermúdez and Destribats took the podium in France". www.serargentino.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
11. Gallo, Ed (2020-03-28). "Pan-American Olympic qualifier: Wrestling breakdown - Retherford pinned, Tobier shines". Bloody Elbow. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
12. "USA grabs three men's freestyle golds at Pan Am Olympic Qualifier". The Predicament. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
13. Blaine Henry (April 6, 2020). "Agustin Destribats: Argentina's Olympic Return". Fight-Library.com.
14. "La historia del luchador argentino que consiguió un histórico pasaje a los Juegos Olímpicos en medio de la crisis por el coronavirus". InfoBae (in Spanish). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
15. Blaine Henry (April 6, 2020). "Agustin Destribats: Argentina's Olympic Return". Fight-Library.com.
16. "Argentina qualify male wrestler for Olympics for first time since 1996". www.insidethegames.biz. 2020-03-15. Retrieved 2020-07-28.

External links

• Agustín Destribats at United World Wrestling