Alina Vuc

Alina Vuc
Vuc with award in 2017
Personal information
Full nameEmilia Alina Vuc
Born (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 33)
Reșița, Romania
Sport
Coached byMihai Stroia
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Paris48 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Nur-Sultan50 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Riga48 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Kaspiysk50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Novi Sad48 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Budapest50 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place2022 Istanbul50 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Istanbul50 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Istanbul48 kg

Emilia Alina Vuc (born 4 October 1993) is a Romanian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time silver medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a four-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. She competed in the women's freestyle 48 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Vinesh Phogat. She also represented Romania in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden. In 2021, she won the bronze medal in the 50 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy. In October 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.

In 2022, she won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. In late March 2022, she won one of the bronze medals in the 50 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Achievements

Vuc has won major medals at both the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships. She won silver medals at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris in the 48 kg category and at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan in the 50 kg category. At the European Championships, she won silver in 2016 and 2018 and bronze in 2017 and 2022. She also won the 50 kg event at the 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament in Istanbul. In 2025, she finished fifth in the 50 kg event at the 2025 European Wrestling Championships in Bratislava, reaching the semifinals before losing to Evin Demirhan Yavuz and subsequently losing the bronze-medal bout to Natallia Varakina. In 2026, Vuc returned to the European Championships in Tirana, where she won a bronze medal in the 50 kg category after defeating Agata Marta Goluchowska-Walerczak in the bronze-medal match.

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 World Championships Paris, France 2nd Freestyle 48 kg
2019 World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 2nd Freestyle 50 kg

References

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  2. ↑ "Women's Freestyle 48 kg - Standings". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Alina Vuc a pierdut finala la CM de lupte, însă va concura anul viitor, la JO de la Tokyo". www.digisport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Klippan Lady Open. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Burke, Patrick (6 October 2021). "Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (31 March 2022). "Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  12. ↑ Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.