# Alan Vera > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Vera > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Vera.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Vera > Source revision: 1355781953 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Cuban-American wrestler (1990–2024)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Family name hatnote|Vera|García|lang=Spanish}}{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alan Vera | image = Alan Vera (cropped).JPG | alt = Vera looking downwards, in a blue uniform | caption = Vera in 2021 | national_team = Cuba (2010–2019),
United States (2020–2024) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1990|10|26}} | birth_place = [Santiago de Cuba](/source/Santiago_de_Cuba), Cuba | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|09|23|1990|10|26}} | death_place = [Jersey City](/source/Jersey_City), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), US | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | weight_kg = 97 | spouse = [Elena Pirozhkova](/source/Elena_Pirozhkova) | sport = Greco-Roman wrestling | club = New York Athletic Club | coach = | paralympics = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition| [Pan American Games](/source/Wrestling_at_the_Pan_American_Games) }} {{Medal|Bronze| [2015 Toronto](/source/Wrestling_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games) | [85 kg](/source/Wrestling_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_Greco-Roman_85_kg) }} {{Medal|Competition| [Pan American Championships](/source/Pan_American_Wrestling_Championships) }} {{Medal|Bronze| [2023 Buenos Aires](/source/2023_Pan_American_Wrestling_Championships) | [97 kg](/source/2023_Pan_American_Wrestling_Championships) }} | medaltemplates-title = | pb = U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up
Two-time Pan American Championships medalist
Two-time Senior World Team member
2021 Senior World Team Trials champion
Two-Time Senior Nationals champion
2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International champion
2019 Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational champion }} '''Alan Ernesto Vera García''' (October 26, 1990 – September 23, 2024) was a Cuban-American Greco-Roman wrestler.{{Cite web |title=Results |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=B91EAE74B97946BF85C11379566853EF |access-date=2024-09-26 |publisher=International Wrestling Database |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510092659/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=B91EAE74B97946BF85C11379566853EF |url-status=dead }} ==International career == === Cuba === In 2015, he won a bronze medal at the [2015 Pan American Games](/source/Wrestling_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games). In 2016, he won a gold medal at the [Pan American Wrestling Championships](/source/Pan_American_Wrestling_Championships) while competing for Cuba. He would be the Cuban national champion four times. === United States === Later, he emigrated to the United States, moving to [Jersey City, New Jersey](/source/Jersey_City%2C_New_Jersey) in 2017.{{Cite news |first=Bill |last=Evans |date=2022-06-08 |title=Jersey City resident qualifies for U.S. wrestling Greco world team |url=https://www.nj.com/sports/2022/06/jersey-city-resident-qualifies-for-us-wrestling-greco-world-team.html |access-date=2026-05-23 |work=NJ.com |language=en}} In 2019 he would begin competing for his adopted country. In 2023, Vera won a bronze medal at the Pan American Championships for the United States, and in 2024, he won a silver medal at the event for Team USA.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-24 |title=Greco-Roman National Team member Alan Vera, 33, has passed away |url=https://www.themat.com/news/2024/september/24/greco-roman-national-team-member-alan-vera-33-has-passed-away |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=www.themat.com |language=en}} In 2024, Vera qualified the United States for the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) in the 97 kg division at the [2024 Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament](/source/2024_Pan_American_Wrestling_Olympic_Qualification_Tournament) in Acapulco, Mexico.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=U.S. Greco-Roman star Alan Vera passes away |url=https://uww.org/article/us-greco-roman-star-alan-vera-passes-away |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=uww.org |language=en}}{{cite web|first=Maggie|last=Hendricks|date=February 29, 2024|title=Wrestlers Spencer Woods, Alan Vera and Cohlton Schultz obtain Paris 2024 quotas for USA at Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier|website=olympics.com|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/wrestlers-spencer-woods-alan-vera-and-cohlton-schultz-obtain-paris-2024-quotas-for-usa-at-pan-american-olympic-games-qualifier}} Vera narrowly missed out representing the U.S. at the Olympics when he came in second place in the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Bill |title=Olympic Wrestling Trials, 2024: Jersey City transplant Alan Vera one win from berth |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/olympic-wrestling-trials-2024-jersey-city-transplant-alan-vera-one-win-from-berth/ar-AA1nmsQJ?ocid=hpmsn&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=www.msn.com}} == Personal life == In 2016, Vera married to [Elena Pirozhkova](/source/Elena_Pirozhkova), a former world champion American [sport wrestler](/source/Amateur_wrestling) and two-time Olympian.https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/olympics/news-god-finally-let-soul-rest-alan-vera-s-wife-former-world-champion-elena-pirozhkova-pens-emotional-note-wrestler-s-demise In June 2024, the pair welcomed their first child, a daughter.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-26 |title=US wrestling star Alan Vera dies at 33 |url=https://www.today.com/health/alan-vera-wrestler-death-rcna172874 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}} === Death === On 29 July 2024, Vera suffered cardiac arrest while playing soccer with friends.{{Cite web |last=Schad |first=Tom |title=U.S. wrestler Alan Vera dies at 33 after suffering cardiac arrest during soccer game |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/09/25/alan-vera-wrestler-dies-at-33/75379585007/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} He was hospitalized and died on September 23, 2024 at the age of 33.{{cite web |last=Dar |first=Zahid Rashid |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Two-time US National Champion Alan Vera passes away following 8 week-long stay in the ICU due to cardiac arrest |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/olympics/news-two-time-us-national-champion-alan-vera-passes-away-following-sudden-cardiac-arrest-playing-soccer-last-month |website=[Sportskeeda](/source/Sportskeeda)}}{{cite web |last=Abbott |first=Gary |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Greco-Roman National Team member Alan Vera, 33, has passed away |url=https://www.themat.com/news/2024/september/24/greco-roman-national-team-member-alan-vera-33-has-passed-away |website=[USA Wrestling](/source/USA_Wrestling)}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{UWW|vera-alan-1}} * [https://www.themat.com/profiles/alan-vera Alan Vera] at [USA Wrestling](/source/USA_Wrestling) * {{sports links}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vera, Alan}} Category:1990 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Jersey City, New Jersey Category:Wrestlers from New Jersey Category:American wrestlers Category:Cuban wrestlers Category:Cuban expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Greco-Roman wrestlers Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Category:Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists Category:21st-century American sportsmen Category:Martial artists from Santiago de Cuba Category:Sports deaths in New Jersey --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alan Vera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Vera) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Vera?action=history)). 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