Justina Di Stasio

Justina Di Stasio (born November 22, 1992) is a Canadian wrestler[1] of Italian and Cree descent.[2]

Justina Di Stasio
Justina Di Stasio holds her silver medal she won at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubBurnaby Mountain wrestling club
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Budapest72 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Paris75 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 76 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima76 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Toronto75 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Ottawa76 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Lauro de Freitas75 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Acapulco76 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Buenos Aires76 kg

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]

She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[6][7] She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[8][9] She lost her bronze medal match in the 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10][11]

She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.[12] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.

She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

References
  1. "Justina Di Stasio". Team Canada. Canadian Olympic Team Official Website. 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. Larsen, Karin (October 25, 2018). "Coquitlam wrestler says eating vegetables and wrestling boys key to her world title". CBC News. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  3. "Justina Di Stasio". Wrestling Canada Lutte.
  4. 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.
  5. "Canada's Justina Di Stasio wins gold at world wrestling championships". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  6. Burke, Patrick (7 May 2022). "Hildebrandt earns seventh Pan American Championships wrestling title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. "2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  8. Berkeley, Geoff (6 August 2022). "Phogat completes Commonwealth Games hat-trick with another wrestling gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  9. "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  10. Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  11. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  12. "Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.


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