Yasmani
ACOSTA FERNANDEZ

CHI

Age

36 y/o | Seniors

Style

Greco-Roman

Weight

130 kg

UWW Rank

1

Season 2024

10 W / 4 L

About Yasmani

Yasmani ACOSTA FERNANDEZ (CHI) became only the second wrestler in history to qualify Chile for the Olympics, the first was in 2012… Qualified Chile for Tokyo at 130 kg with a gold-medal performance at the ’20 Pan American Olympic Qualifier… Acosta formerly wrestled for Cuba until 2015… Won a bronze medal at the ’17 World Championships… Also competed for Chile at the ’18 and ’19 World Championships… Won ’11 Pan American Championships for Cuba as well as bronze in ‘15… Earned two medals for Chile at Pan American Championships, including silver in ’17 and bronze in ’18… Also picked up bronze medal in ’19 Pan American Games… Earned Ranking Series silver at ’18 Wladyslaw Pytlanski Cup… Earned Ranking Series bronze at ’19 Grand Prix of Zagreb… Recently won his bracket at the ’21 Henri Deglane Grand Prix… Earned South American Championships titles in ’17 and ’19… Also claimed South American Games title in ’18…