Justina Di Stasio
Justina Di Stasio (born November 22, 1992) is a Canadian wrestler[1] of Italian and Cree descent.[2]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | 22 November 1992 Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling |
| Club | Burnaby Mountain wrestling club |
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Career
In 2015, Di Stasio won a gold medal in the 75 kg weight class at the annual Pan American Wrestling Championships. She also won the 2015 Dave Schultz Memorial.[3] Later in 2015, on home soil, Di Stasio won silver at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[4]
In 2018 at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Di Stasio won gold in the 72 kg event.[5] She spoke about pride in her Indigenous roots, thanking her Cree mother, from the Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, for working to give her opportunities leading to her success.[2]
gollark: Do you really not remember this exchange?
gollark: This is you, then.
gollark: No.
gollark: We've been through this. Maybe. Possibly.
gollark: This is 47 minutes. I am willing to watch up to exactly 76 seconds.
References
- "Justina Di Stasio". Team Canada. Canadian Olympic Team Official Website. 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- Larsen, Karin (October 25, 2018). "Coquitlam wrestler says eating vegetables and wrestling boys key to her world title". CBC News. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
- "Justina Di Stasio". Wrestling Canada Lutte.
- McGran, Kevin (17 July 2015). "Canada wins two more Pan Am gold medals in women's wrestling". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Canada's Justina Di Stasio wins gold at world wrestling championships". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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