Nathaly Grimán

Nathaly Josefina Grimán Herrera (born 29 December 1991)[1] is a Venezuelan freestyle wrestler. She is a gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games and a two-time gold medalist at the Bolivarian Games. She is also a five-time medalist at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.

Nathaly Grimán
Personal information
Full nameNathaly Josefina Grimán Herrera
Born (1991-12-29) 29 December 1991
Sport
CountryVenezuela
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class62 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Representing  Venezuela
Women's freestyle wrestling
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Buenos Aires 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Mexico City 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Santiago 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lauro de Freitas 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Buenos Aires 62 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla 62 kg
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción 62 kg
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santa Marta 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar 62 kg
Women's beach wrestling
Central American and Caribbean Beach Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Santa Marta 70 kg

Career

Grimán competed in the women's 63 kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[2] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 63 kg event at the 2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Mexico City, Mexico.[3]

Grimán also won one of the bronze medals in the same event at the 2015 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Santiago, Chile. A few months later, she competed in her event at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada. She was eliminated in her first match by eventual bronze medalist Jackeline Rentería of Colombia. In that same year, she competed in the 63 kg event at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships held in Las Vegas, United States where she was also eliminated in her first match.[4]

Grimán competed at the 2016 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5] She did not qualify for the Olympics at this tournament.[5] She also competed at the first and second World Olympic Qualification Tournaments.[6][7][8] She was eliminated in her first match at the tournament held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[7] She came close to qualifying for the Olympics at the second tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey: she reached the semifinals where she lost against Henna Johansson of Sweden.[6][8]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 63 kg event at the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil.[9] In that same year, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2017 Bolivarian Games held in Santa Marta, Colombia.[10] She defeated Jackeline Rentería of Colombia in her gold medal match.[10]

In 2018, Grimán won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia.[11] At the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia, she won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event.[12] She was eliminated in her first match in the women's 62 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[13]

At the 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Grimán won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event. A few months later, she lost her bronze medal match against Laís Nunes of Brazil in the women's 62 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[14] At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she was eliminated in her second match by Mariana Cherdivara of Moldova.[15]

Grimán competed at the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada, hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[16][17] She did not qualify at this tournament and she also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[18] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[19]

Grimán won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.[20][21] She defeated Leonela Ayoví of Ecuador in her gold medal match.[21] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.[22][23]

Grimán won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Achievements
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2014 Pan American Wrestling Championships Mexico City, Mexico 3rd Freestyle 63 kg
2015 Pan American Wrestling Championships Santiago, Chile 3rd Freestyle 63 kg
2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lauro de Freitas, Brazil 3rd Freestyle 63 kg
Bolivarian Games Santa Marta, Colombia 1st Freestyle 63 kg
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd Freestyle 62 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 1st Freestyle 62 kg
2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd Freestyle 62 kg
2022 Bolivarian Games Valledupar, Colombia 1st Freestyle 62 kg
South American Games Asunción, Paraguay 2nd Freestyle 62 kg
Central American and Caribbean Beach Games Santa Marta, Colombia 1st Beach wrestling 70 kg
2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd Freestyle 62 kg

References
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  2. "2013 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). fila-official.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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  4. "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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  6. Pavitt, Michael (7 May 2016). "Stadnyk books Rio 2016 berth after success at UWW World Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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  14. "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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  16. Houston, Michael (14 March 2020). "Valencia Escoto becomes first female Mexican wrestler to secure Olympic qualification". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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  18. "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  19. "2021 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  20. "Keydomar Vallenilla, lucha y baloncesto 3x3 ganaron oro en Valledupar 2022". Primicia (in Spanish). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  21. "2022 Bolivarian Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  22. "Luchadora Soleymi Caraballo sacó la casta y logró el oro en Asunción 2022". Diario Primicia (in Spanish). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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