{{short description|Romanian freestyle wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Alexandra Anghel | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = Alexandra Nicoleta Anghel<!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|6|28}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = {{convert|165|cm|ft in|abbr=on}} | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Romania | sport = Amateur wrestling | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = 72 kg | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Freestyle | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's freestyle wrestling }} {{Medal|Country| {{ROU}} }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Belgrade | 72 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|Gold| 2023 Zagreb | 72 kg }} {{Medal|Silver| 2024 Bucharest | 72 kg }} {{MedalSilver|2026 Tirana|76 kg}} {{Medal|Bronze| 2018 Kaspiysk | 72 kg }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2025 Bratislava | 72 kg }} {{MedalCompetition|World Military Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Warendorf|76 kg}} {{MedalCompetition |Yasar Dogu Tournament }} {{MedalBronze|2017 Istanbul|69 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2020 Istanbul|68 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Istanbul|72 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Grand Prix}} {{MedalGold|2026 Zagreb|76 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Rome|72 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Budapest|68 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| World U23 Championships }} {{Medal|Silver| 2018 Bucharest | 72 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European U23 Championship }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2018 Istanbul | 72 kg }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Alexandra Anghel''' (born 28 June 1997) is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="champion_resumes_title_success_2022">{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=15 September 2022 |title=Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128098/stock-mensah-success-wrestling |access-date=17 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She is a five-time medalist, including gold, in her event at the European Wrestling Championships.
== Career == Anghel won one of the bronze medals in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia.<ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2018">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/results_04_kaspiisk.pdf|title=2018 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412211223/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/results_04_kaspiisk.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="bulgaria_take_two_gold_2018">{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1064707/bulgaria-take-two-gold-medals-in-concluding-womens-finals-at-european-wrestling-chamionships-in-russia|title=Bulgaria take two gold medals in concluding women's finals at European Wrestling {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|Chamionships}} in Russia|date=4 May 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref> In 2019, she lost the bronze medal match in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.<ref name="orshush_and_yusein_european_2019">{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077889/orshush-and-yusein-defend-titles-at-european-wrestling-championships|title=Orshush and Yusein defend titles at European Wrestling Championships|date=12 April 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> In the same year, Anghel also competed in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships where she lost her first match against Natalia Vorobieva. In the repechage she was eliminated from the competition by Masako Furuichi of Japan.<ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2019">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>
In February 2022, Anghel won one of the bronze medals in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.<ref name="yasar_dogu_vehbi_emre_hampit_kaplan_results_book_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |archive-date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In April 2022, she lost her bronze medal match in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="results_book_european_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> A few months later, she won the bronze medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.<ref name="results_book_matteo_pellicone_ranking_series_2022">{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> Anghel won one of the bronze medals in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, behind American gold medal winner Amit Elor and Kazakh silver medal winner Zhamila Bakbergenova.<ref name="champion_resumes_title_success_2022"/><ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022"/>
Anghel won the gold medal in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.<ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2023">{{Cite web |title=2023 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423200920/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-senior-european-championships_.pdf?VersionId=C4X59O2RAfRiJyBB28sm1SXcoyTBDXpq |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She defeated Buse Tosun of Turkey in her gold medal match.<ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2023"/> Anghel also competed in the 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in her first match.<ref name="world_wrestling_championships_results_book_2023">{{Cite web |title=2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
Anghel won the silver medal in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.<ref name="bucharest_day_five_2024">{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=17 February 2024 |title=Bucharest 2024 Day 5: Ukraine wins team title in women's wrestling |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143810/ukraine-wins-team-title-in-womens-europe |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}</ref><ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In the final, she lost against Nesrin Baş of Turkey.<ref name="bucharest_day_five_2024"/><ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2024"/> Anghel competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She was eliminated in her second match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/> Anghel also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.<ref name="world_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She lost her Olympic wrestle-off match against Linda Morais of Canada.<ref name="world_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/>
== Achievements ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Year !Tournament !Location !Result !Event |- |2018 |European Championships |Kaspiysk, Russia |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 72{{nbsp}}kg |- |2022 |World Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 72{{nbsp}}kg |- |2023 |European Championships |Zagreb, Croatia |align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Freestyle 72{{nbsp}}kg |- |2024 |European Championships |Bucharest, Romania |align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Freestyle 72{{nbsp}}kg |- |2025 |European Championships |Bratislava, Slovakia |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 72{{nbsp}}kg |}
== References == {{reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anghel, Alexandra}} Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Romanian female sport wrestlers Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists Category:Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games Category:European Games competitors for Romania Category:21st-century Romanian sportswomen