• Source: Alan Vera

      • Alan Ernesto Vera García (October 26, 1990 – September 23, 2024) was a Cuban-American Greco-Roman wrestler.


      International career




      = Cuba

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      In 2015, he won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. In 2016, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Wrestling Championships while competing for Cuba. He would be the Cuban national champion four times.


      = United States

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      Later, he emigrated to the United States, moving to Jersey City, New Jersey in 2017. In 2019 he would begin competing for his adopted country.
      In 2023, Vera won a bronze medal at the Pan American Championships for the United States, and in 2024, he won a silver medal at the event for Team USA.
      In 2024, Vera qualified the United States for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 97 kg division at the 2024 Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico. Vera narrowly missed out representing the U.S. at the Olympics when he came in second place in the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials.


      Personal life


      In 2016, Vera married to Elena Pirozhkova, a former world champion American sport wrestler and two-time Olympian.
      In June 2024, the pair welcomed their first child, a daughter.


      = Death

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      On 29 July 2024, Vera suffered cardiac arrest while playing soccer with friends. He was hospitalized and died on September 23, 2024 at the age of 33.


      References




      External links


      Alan Vera at United World Wrestling
      Alan Vera at USA Wrestling
      Alan Vera at the International Wrestling Database

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