Maider Unda

Maider Unda Gonzalez de Audikana[1] (born 2 July 1977 in Vitoria, Spain) is a Basque Spanish retired female freestyle wrestler.

Maider Unda

Maider Unda in 2016
Personal information
Birth name	Maider Unda Gonzalez de Audikana
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1977-07-02) 2 July 1977 Vitoria, Basque Country
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Retired	2016
Medal record Representing Spain Women's wrestling Olympic Games 2012 London 72 kg World Championships 2009 Herning 72 kg European Games 2015 Baku 75 kg European Championships 2013 Tbilisi 72 kg 2010 Baku 72 kg 2012 Belgrade 72 kg

She participated in women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 1/8 final she beat Oksana Vashchuk (Ukraine). In the quarter-final she lost to Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria). In the repechage round, after beating Canadian Ohenewa Akuffo she lost to Agnieszka Wieszczek in the bronze medal match.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Unda won the bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg. In the 1/8 final she beat Ana Betancur from Colombia, and Ochirbatyn Burmaa from Mongolia in the quarter-final. She lost in the semi-final against Stanka Zlateva but beat Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Belarus) for the bronze medal.

On 9 November 2016, Unda announced her retirement from wrestling after failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Unda runs a sheep farm in the village of Olaeta in Aramaio producing Idiazabal cheese,[1] which she combined with her career in sports.