Ana Maria Pavăl

Ana Maria Pavăl

Personal information
Nationality	Romania
Born	(1983-07-10) 10 July 1983 Oneşti, Romania
Height
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Club	CSA Steaua Bucuresti
Coached by	Simon Constantin
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing Romania European Championships 2005 Varna 55 kg 2009 Vilnius 55 kg 2010 Baku 55 kg 2012 Belgrade 55 kg 2014 Vantaa 53 kg

Ana Maria Pavăl (born July 10, 1983 in Oneşti) is an amateur Romanian wrestler, who is playing for the women's 53 kilograms category. Since 2005, Pavăl had won a total of five bronze medals at the European Wrestling Championships. She is a member of CSA Steaua București, and is coached and trained by Simon Constantin and Vasile Vişan.

Paval represented Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 55 kg class. She lost the first preliminary match to China's Xu Li. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Pavăl offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Olga Smirnova in the repechage bout. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost by a fall to Colombia's Jackeline Rentería, finishing only in fifth place.

External links

• Profile – International Wrestling Database
• NBC Olympics Profile