Cynthia Vanessa Vescan (born 7 February 1992) is a French

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of Romanian origin.

Background and wrestling career

Vescan was born in

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, France. At the

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held in

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, United Kingdom, she competed in the women's freestyle 72 kg event where she lost her first bout in the round of 16 against Moldova's Svetlana Saenko. At the

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, she also lost her first bout, this time in the -75 kg weight class, to

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. She won bronze at the

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, being knocked out by Anna Fransson, before winning her bronze medal by beating Beste Civelek Altug. She won bronze at the 2021 European Championships, in the -72 kg weight class. She beat Mariya Gerginova Oryashkova and Aysegul Özbege, before losing to

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in the semifinal. As she lost in the semi-final she was placed into the repechage, where she won her bronze by beating

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. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the

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held in Nice, France.

Mixed martial arts career

In March 2021, news surfaced that Vescan had signed a contract with

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with intentions to compete in mixed martial arts in the future. Vescan was scheduled to make her debut in mixed martial arts against Amanda Leve on August 19, 2021, at PFL 8. However, Vescan pulled out of the bout.

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* 1992 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics French people of Romanian descent Martial artists from Strasbourg Olympic wrestlers for France French female sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century French sportswomen Doping cases in wrestling {{France-wrestling-bio-stub