Anthony José Montero Chirinos (born 24 May 1997) is a

Venezuelan Venezuelans (Spanish language, Spanish: ''venezolanos'') are the Citizenship, citizens identified with the country of Venezuela. This connection may be through citizenship, descent or cultural. For most Venezuelans, many or all of these connect ...

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

who competes at 74 kilograms.

Career

In 2023, he represented Venezuela at the Pan American Games and the

Central American and Caribbean Games The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ...

, earning bronze and gold respectively. He is also a gold medalist at the

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nat ...

and the

Bolivarian Games The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'', full name ''Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos'') are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (''Organización Deporti ...

. In 2024, Montero represented Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics, after qualifying by reaching the finals at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament. He competed in the men's freestyle 74kg event at the Olympics.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montero, Anthony 1997 births Living people Venezuelan male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Venezuela 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen South American Games medalists in wrestling South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Venezuela Bolivarian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics