Anastasia Nichita

Anastasia Nichita

File:Anastasia Nichita - 2020.jpg
Personal information
Born	(1999-02-19) 19 February 1999
Height	165 cm (5.41 ft; 65 in)
Sport
Country	Moldova
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	57 kg 59 kg
Event(s)	Freestyle
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing Moldova World Championships 2022 Belgrade 59 kg European Championships 2020 Rome 59 kg 2022 Budapest 59 kg 2019 Bucharest 57 kg 2021 Warsaw 59 kg Individual World Cup 2020 Belgrade 57 kg European Games 2019 Minsk 57 kg Yasar Dogu Tournament 2022 Istanbul 59 kg World U23 Championships 2019 Budapest 59 kg European U23 Championship 2019 Novi Sad 59 kg 2021 Skopje 59 kg 2022 Plovdiv 59 kg 2017 Szombathely 60 kg 2018 Istanbul 59 kg Junior World Championships 2018 Trnava 59 kg 2017 Tampere 59 kg 2019 Tallin 59 kg

Anastasia Nichita (born 19 February 1999) is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the 59 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a two-time gold medalist in the 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships. She also represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

At the 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, she won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event. At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary, she also won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event. In the final, she lost against Yumeka Tanabe of Japan.

In 2019, at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event. In that same year, she also won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In her bronze medal match she defeated Grace Bullen of Norway. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. She defeated Bilyana Dudova of Bulgaria in the final. She also won the gold medal in the women's 57 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.

She represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 57 kg event where she won her first match against Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria and she was then eliminated in her next match by eventual bronze medalist Evelina Nikolova of Bulgaria. At the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, she competed in the women's 59 kg event.

In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. In March 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In that same month, she also won the gold medal in the 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In the final, she defeated Jowita Wrzesień of Poland.

She won the gold medal in the 59 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She defeated Grace Bullen of Norway in her gold medal match.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2019	European Championships	Bucharest, Romania	3rd	Freestyle 57 kg
	European Games	Minsk, Belarus	3rd	Freestyle 57 kg
2020	European Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	Freestyle 59 kg
2021	European Championships	Warsaw, Poland	3rd	Freestyle 59 kg
2022	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	Freestyle 59 kg
	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	Freestyle 59 kg