Agustín Destribats

Agustín Alejandro Destribats (born October 30, 1997) is an Argentine freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms.^[1] A three-time South American champion, Destribats qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics when he defeated three–time NCAA Division I National champion Zain Retherford at the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[2]

Agustín Destribats

Personal information
Full name	Agustín Alejandro Destribats
Born	(1997-10-30) October 30, 1997 (age 26) Córdoba, Argentina
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	65 kg
Events	Freestyle Greco-Roman
Club	Latina
Coached by	Leonardo Torres
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Argentina Individual World Cup 2020 Belgrade 61 kg Pan American Games 2023 Santiago 65 kg Pan American Championships 2024 Acapulco 65 kg 2019 Buenos Aires 65 kg 2020 Ottawa 65 kg 2022 Acapulco 65 kg Olympic Qualification Tournament 2020 Ottawa 65 kg Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament 2021 Plovdiv 65 kg 2023 Sofia 65 kg South American Games 2022 Asunción 65 kg 2018 Cochabamba 65 kg South American Championships 2015 Santiago 57 kg 2016 Cartagena 61 kg 2017 Rio de Janeiro 61 kg Junior Pan American Championships 2016 Barinas 60 kg 2017 Lima 60 kg South American Youth Games 2013 Lima 63 kg Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Argentina Junior Pan American Championships 2017 Lima 60 kg South American Youth Games 2013 Lima 60 kg

Career

Destribats started wrestling when he was nine years old in a local club that offered savate, capoeira, and wrestling. In 2013 he won the South American Youth Games in both, freestyle and Greco-Roman and in 2014 he won gold in the Pan American Championships as a cadet in freestyle.^[3]

In 2015, he won his first major title at the senior level, earning a gold medal at the South American Championships despite being only 18 years old.^[4]

In 2016, Destribats won his second consecutive senior South American Championship^[4] and also claimed a Pan American title at the junior level.^[5] One of his most successful years of his competitive career was 2017, as he claimed three South American Championships (two at the junior level in both styles and one senior title in freestyle),^[6][7] double-gold (freestyle and Greco) at the junior Pan American Championships^[8][9] and a silver medal at the Brazil Cup.^[10]

In 2018, he claimed a silver medal at the South American Games.^[9] In 2019, he claimed bronze medals at the Pan American Championships^[11] and at the Henri Deglane Challenge.^[12]

In 2020, Destribats competed once again at the Pan American Championships, placing third and only losing to two-time age-group World Champion and two-time NCAA Division I champion Yianni Diakomihalis.^[13]

After the Pan American Championships, Destribats competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament. At the semifinals, he pulled up an upset by defeating the accomplished Zain Retherford (19' World Cup champion, three-time NCAA Division I champion, two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner and age-group World Champion), whom he pinned early in the first period.^[14][13] He was forced to pull out of the championship match due to a knee injury that was caused during his match with Yianni Diakomihalis at the earlier tournament.^[15] The silver medal qualified him to represent Argentina in the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[16] Destribats is the first male Argentine to qualify for the Olympic Games since Paulo Ibire did in 1996.^[17][18]

In 2020, he also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 61 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[19][20] He competed in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[21] He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[22]

In 2024, Destribats competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[23] He was eliminated in his first match.^[23]

Competitive results

Senior & U23 level

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2015	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Santiago, Chile	7th	Freestyle 57 kg
2015	South American Wrestling Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Freestyle 57 kg
2016	Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov	Sofia, Bulgaria	12th	Freestyle 57 kg
2016	Yaşar Doğu	Istanbul, Turkey	8th	Freestyle 57 kg
2016	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Frisco, Texas, United States	5th	Freestyle 57 kg
2016	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Frisco, Texas, United States	7th	Greco-Roman 59 kg
2016	Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament	Frisco, Texas, United States	5th	Freestyle 57 kg
2016	South American Wrestling Championships	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	Freestyle 61 kg
2017	Grand Prix of Paris	Paris, France	7th	Freestyle 61 kg
2017	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Lauro de Freitas, Brazil	6th	Freestyle 61 kg
2017	South American Wrestling Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	Freestyle 61 kg
2017	Brazil Wrestling Cup	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Freestyle 65 kg
2018	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Lima, Peru	7th	Freestyle 65 kg
2018	2018 South American Games	Cochabamba, Colombia	2nd	Freestyle 65 kg
2018	Ion Corneanu & Ladislau Simon Memorial	Bucharest, Romania	5th	Freestyle 65 kg
2019	Henri Deglane Challenge	Nice, France	3rd	Freestyle 65 kg
2019	RS - Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov	Russe, Bulgaria	20th	Freestyle 65 kg
2019	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	Freestyle 65 kg
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	5th	Freestyle 65 kg
2019	U23 World Wrestling Championship	Budapest, Hungary	19th	Freestyle 65 kg
2020	Matteo Peliccone RS	Rome, Italy	9th	Freestyle 65 kg
2020	Pan American Championships	Ottawa, Canada	3rd	Freestyle 65 kg
2020	Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament	Ottawa, Canada	2nd	Freestyle 65 kg
2020	Moscow Grand Prix	Moscow, Russia	4th	Freestyle 65 kg
2020	Individual World Cup	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	Freestyle 65 kg
2021	Henri Deglane Challenge	Nice, France	5th	Freestyle 65 kg
2021	RS - Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	1st	Freestyle 65 kg
2021	Pan American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	7th	Freestyle 65 kg
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	11th	Freestyle 65 kg
2022	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	Freestyle 65 kg

Junior level

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2016	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Barinas, Venezuela	1st	Freestyle 60 kg
2016	World Wrestling Championships	Mâcon, France	14th	Freestyle 60 kg
2017	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Greco-Roman 60 kg
2017	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Freestyle 60 kg
2017	South American Wrestling Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Greco-Roman 60 kg
2017	South American Wrestling Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Freestyle 60 kg
2017	World Wrestling Championships	Tampere, Finland	15th	Freestyle 60 kg

Cadet level

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2013	South American Youth Games	Lima, Peru	1st	Freestyle 60 kg
2013	South American Youth Games	Lima, Peru	1st	Greco-Roman 60 kg
2013	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Medellin, Colombia	5th	Greco-Roman 58 kg
2013	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Medellin, Colombia	9th	Freestyle 58 kg
2014	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Recife, Brazil	1st	Greco-Roman 58 kg
2014	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Recife, Brazil	9th	Freestyle 63 kg
2014	World Wrestling Championships	Snina, Slovakia	26th	Greco-Roman 58 kg
2014	2014 Summer Youth Olympics	Nanjing, China	4th	Greco-Roman 58 kg

Freestyle record

International Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2020 Summer Olympics 11th at 65 kg
Loss	39–25	Ismail Musukaev	6–9	August 6, 2021	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan
2021 Pan American Championships 7th at 65 kg
Loss	39–24	Sebastian Rivera	1–6	May 30, 2021	2021 Pan American Continental Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Win	39–23	Dillon Williams	4–2
2021 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament   at 65 kg
Win	38–23	Stefan Coman	7–4	April 8–11, 2021	2021 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov International	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Win	37–23	Adil Ospanov	6–3
Win	36–23	Tornike Katamadze	TF 10–0
2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix 5th at 65 kg
Win	35–23	Juan Pablo González	TF 12–2	January 16, 2021	Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021	Nice, France
Loss	34–23	James Green	TF 0–11
Win	34–22	Nikolai Okhlopkov	6–5
2020 Individual World Cup   at 61 kg
Win	33–22	Razmik Papikyan	5–2	December 12–18, 2020	2020 Individual World Cup	Belgrade, Serbia
Loss	32–22	Abasgadzhi Magomedov	0–7
Win	32–21	Rahul Aware	6–6
Win	31–21	Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov	Fall
2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification   at 65 kg
Win	30–21	Zain Retherford	Fall	March 13–15, 2020	2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament	Ottawa, Canada
Win	29–21	Albaro Rudesindo Camacho	7–2
2020 Pan American Championships   at 65 kg
Win	28–21	Jose Rodriguez	TF 10–0	March 6–9, 2020	2020 Pan American Continental Championships	Ottawa, Canada
Loss	27–21	Yianni Diakomihalis	4–7
Win	27–20	Vincent De Marinis	11–2
Win	26–20	Uber Cuero	7–2
2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 9th at 65 kg
Loss	25–20	Erik Arushanian	Fall	January 15–18, 2020	Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020	Rome, Italy
Win	25–19	Jose Rodriguez	6–2
2019 U23 World Championships 19th at 65 kg
Loss	24–19	Roman Asharin	TF 2–12	October 28 – November 3, 2019	2019 U23 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
2019 Pan American Games 5th at 65 kg
Loss	24–18	Jaydin Eierman	TF 4–15	August 9, 2019	2019 Pan American Games	Lima, Peru
Loss	24–17	Alejandro Valdés	Fall
Win	24–16	Wilfredo Rodriguez	17–10
2019 Pan American Championships   at 65 kg
Win	23–16	Sixto Auccapiña	TF 16–5	April 18–19, 2019	2019 Pan American Continental Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	22–16	Colton McCrystal	6–15
Win	22–15	Uber Cuero	4–2
Win	21–15	Marcos Wesley De Brito Siqueira	TF 10–0
2019 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 20th at 65 kg
Loss	20–15	Bernard Futrell	0–8	February 28 – March 3, 2019	2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov International	Ruse, Bulgaria
Loss	20–14	Jordan Oliver	3–3
2019 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane   at 65 kg
Win	20–13	Stefan Coman	6–4	February 1–3, 2019	Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2019	Nice, France
Loss	19–13	Nyurgun Skryabin	TF 0–10
Win	19–12	Patryk Olenczyn	TF 10–0
Win	18–12	Viktar Shmuliai	Fall
2018 South American Games   at 65 kg
Loss	17–12	Anthony Montero	0–4	June 5–7, 2018	2018 South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia
Win	17–11	Fernando Espinoza	TF 10–0
Win	16–11	Uber Cuero	7–0
Win	15–11	Sixto Auccapiña	Fall
Win	14–11	Freddy Vera	TF 11–0
2018 Pan American Championships 7th at 65 kg
Loss	13–11	Alejandro Valdés	TF 0–10	May 3–6, 2018	2018 Pan American Continental Championships	Lima, Peru
Win	13–10	Joao Victor Dos Santos Silva	TF 10–0
2017 Brazil Cup   at 65 kg
Loss	12–10	Andres Castaneda	6–8	November 23–27, 2017	2017 Brazil Cup	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	12–9	Lucas Pav	11–7
Win	11–9	Carlos Murta	TF 10–0
2017 South American Championships   at 61 kg
Win	10–9	Marcos Oliveira	TF 10–0	November 22–23, 2017	2017 South American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 Pan American Championships 6th at 61 kg
Loss	9–9	Logan Stieber	TF 4–16	May 5–7, 2017	2017 Pan American Continental Championships	Lauro de Freitas, Brazil
2017 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 7th at 61 kg
Loss	9–8	Jozsef Molnar	6–7	January 28–29, 2017	Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2017	Paris, France
Win	9–7	Salvatore Mannino	8–0
2016 South American Championships   at 61 kg
Win	8–7	Uber Cuero		November 16–19, 2016	2016 South American Championships	Cartagena, Colombia
2016 Pan American Olympic Qualification 5th at 57 kg
Loss	7–7	Uber Cuero	0–8	March 5, 2016	2016 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament	Frisco, Texas
Loss	7–6	Yowlys Bonne	Fall
Win	7–5	Andre Quispe	8–4
2016 Pan American Championships 5th at 57 kg
Loss	6–5	Baron Andry Jose	11–14	February 26–28, 2016	2016 Pan American Continental Championships	Frisco, Texas
2016 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 12th at 57 kg
Loss	6–4	Ogonowski Tomasz	TF 3–13	January 29–31, 2016	2016 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov International	Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 South American Championships   at 57 kg
Win	6–3	Samuel Alva		November 13–15, 2015	2015 South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	5–3	Carlos Fernandez
Win	4–3	Andre Quispe
Win	3–3	Marvin Chavez
2015 Pan American Championships 7th at 57 kg
Loss	2–3	Steven Takahashi	TF 0–10	April 24–26, 2015	2015 Pan American Continental Championships	Santiago, Chile
Win	2–2	Juan Rubelin Ramirez Beltre	Fall
2015 Dave Schultz M. International DNP at 57 kg
Loss	1–2	Stevan Mićić	TF 0–11	January 28–31, 2015	2015 Dave Schultz Memorial International	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Win	1–1	Dylan Bray	7–6
Loss	0–1	Joe Colon	Fall

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External links

• Agustin Alejandro Destribats at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
• Agustin Alejandro Destribats at United World Wrestling
• Agustin Alejandro Destribats at Olympics.com
• Agustín Destribats at Olympedia  
• at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (archived)