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'''Cynthia Vanessa Vescan''' (born 7 February 1992) is a French freestyle wrestler of Romanian origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lalsace.fr/sport/2016/07/29/vescan-la-dame-de-fer|title=Cynthia Vescan, la dame de fer|author=Fabien Rouschop|work=L'Alsace|accessdate=10 August 2016|date=29 July 2016|language=French}}</ref>

==Background and wrestling career== Vescan was born in Strasbourg, France.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Cynthia Vescan |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/cynthia-vescan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/cynthia-vescan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |check-wikidata=no |title=Cynthia Vanessa Vescan |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/cynthia-vanessa-vescan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811184053/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/cynthia-vanessa-vescan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2017 |accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref> At the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, she competed in the women's freestyle 72 kg event where she lost her first bout in the round of 16 against Moldova's Svetlana Saenko.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 72kg Freestyle|url=http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/women-freestyle-72kg/phase=wrw272400/index.html|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=25 August 2012|archive-date=25 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825193242/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/women-freestyle-72kg/phase=wrw272400/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

At the 2016 Olympics, she also lost her first bout, this time in the -75 kg weight class, to Vasilisa Marzaliuk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cynthia Vanessa Vescan at Olympics.com |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/cynthia-vanessa-vescan |access-date=11 January 2025 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=VESCAN Cynthia Vanessa {{!}} United World Wrestling |url=https://uww.org/athletes/vescan-cynthia-vanessa |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=uww.org |language=en}}</ref>

She won bronze at the 2018 European Championships, being knocked out by Anna Fransson, before winning her bronze medal by beating Beste Civelek Altug.<ref name=":0" />

She won bronze at the 2021 European Championships, in the -72 kg weight class. She beat Mariya Gerginova Oryashkova and Aysegul Özbege, before losing to Epp Mäe in the semifinal. As she lost in the semi-final she was placed into the repechage, where she won her bronze by beating Sabira Aliyeva.<ref name=":0" /> In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 76&nbsp;kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 held in Nice, France.<ref name="results_book_grand_prix_de_france_henri_deglane_2021">{{Cite web|title=Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 Results Book|url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_nice.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023195336/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_nice.pdf|archive-date=23 October 2021|access-date=23 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

==Mixed martial arts career== In March 2021, news surfaced that Vescan had signed a contract with Professional Fighters League with intentions to compete in mixed martial arts in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/PFL-Signs-TwoTime-French-Olympic-Wrestler-Cynthia-Vescan-178237|title=PFL Signs Two-Time French Olympic Wrestler Cynthia Vescan|author=Jay Pettry|date=March 18, 2021|work=Sherdog}}</ref>

Vescan was scheduled to make her debut in mixed martial arts against Amanda Leve on August 19, 2021, at PFL 8.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Newswire|first=MMA Fighting|date=2021-08-03|title=PFL announces full card for second playoff event headlined by Kayla Harrison vs. Genah Fabian on Aug. 19|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/8/3/22607421/pfl-announces-full-card-second-playoff-event-headlined-by-kayla-harrison-vs-genah-fabian-on-aug-19|access-date=2021-08-03|website=MMA Fighting|language=en}}</ref> However, Vescan pulled out of the bout.<ref>{{Cite web|title=#PFLPlayoffs update (this Thursday)|url=https://twitter.com/bigmarcel24/status/1427314609841754113|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816170146/https://twitter.com/BigMarcel24/status/1427314609841754113 |archive-date=16 August 2021 }}</ref>

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