Justina Di Stasio

Justina Di Stasio (born November 22, 1992) is a Canadian wrestler[1] of Italian and Cree descent.[2]

Justina Di Stasio
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992
Burnaby, British Columbia
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubBurnaby Mountain wrestling club
Medal record
World Wrestling Championships
2018 Budapest72 kg
2017 Paris75 kg
Pan American Games
2019 Lima76 kg
2015 Toronto75 kg

Career

In 2015, Di Stasio won a gold medal in the 75 kg weight class at the annual Pan American Wrestling Championships. She also won the 2015 Dave Schultz Memorial.[3] Later in 2015, on home soil, Di Stasio won silver at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[4]

In 2018 at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Di Stasio won gold in the 72 kg event.[5] She spoke about pride in her Indigenous roots, thanking her Cree mother, from the Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, for working to give her opportunities leading to her success.[2]

References
  1. "Justina Di Stasio". Team Canada. Canadian Olympic Team Official Website. 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. Larsen, Karin (October 25, 2018). "Coquitlam wrestler says eating vegetables and wrestling boys key to her world title". CBC News. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  3. "Justina Di Stasio". Wrestling Canada Lutte.
  4. McGran, Kevin (17 July 2015). "Canada wins two more Pan Am gold medals in women's wrestling". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. "Canada's Justina Di Stasio wins gold at world wrestling championships". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.


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