Yosvanys Peña


Yosvanys Peña Flores is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. At the Pan American Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal in the 77kg event both in 2019 and in 2020. He also represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

In 2010, Peña won the silver medal in the boys' Greco-Roman 42kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. In the final, he lost against Murad Bazarov of Azerbaijan.
In March 2020, Peña qualified at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada to represent Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He competed in the 77kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He was eliminated in his first match.
He competed in the 77kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He was eliminated in his first match.
Peña won a bronze medal in his event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. A few days later, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, he earned a quota place for Cuba for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He competed in the 77kg event at the Olympics where he was eliminated in his first match.

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina1stGreco-Roman 77kg
2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru3rdGreco-Roman 77kg
2020Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsOttawa, Canada1stGreco-Roman 77kg
2022Pan American Wrestling ChampionshipsAcapulco, Mexico1stGreco-Roman 77kg
2023Pan American GamesSantiago, Chile3rdGreco-Roman 77kg