Igor Fernando Alvez de Queiroz (born 24 October 2001) is a Brazilian Greco-Roman wrestler.

Career

Queiroz was at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 ...

held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, finishing in 5th place in the Boys' Greco-Roman 92 kg category. At the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, he won a bronze medal in the 97 kg category. A month after winning bronze in the adult Pan American Wrestling Championships, Queiroz was champion of the

2021 Junior Pan American Games The 2021 Junior Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2021'') were the first edition of the Junior Pan American Games, an international multi-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas, organized by Panam Spor ...

. As a result, he directly qualified to compete in the 97kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Queiroz made his World Championship debut at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia as ...

, facing Turkish Metehan Basar. He started ahead, but suffered a 1–1 draw in the first round. The Turk scored again and Igor continued in search of the point that would give him a draw and victory. But Basar prevented the Brazilian's attempts and won 2–1. In the next round, Basar was beaten 3-1 by the Armenian Artur Aleksanian and prevented Igor from returning to the repechage. At the

2022 South American Games The XII South American Games (Spanish language, Spanish: ''XII Juegos Suramericanos Asunción 2022'') was a multi-sport event held between 1–15 October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organiza ...

, he won a silver medal in the 97 kg category. At the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, Queiroz reached the semifinals, but was defeated twice in a row, and finished fifth in the Greco-Roman style up to 97 kg category, achieving Brazil's best result in this style considering all the World Championships. At the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Queiroz won a bronze medal in the 97 kg category. The Brazilian, who had won the bronze medal in 2021, won the second senior class medal of his career. At the

2023 World Wrestling Championships The 2023 World Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 24 September 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Wrestlers get a chance to win 90 quotas for the 2024 Summer Olympics from the Belgrade Worlds. Any nation that participated in the 2023 continental ...

, Queiroz, number 30 in the world ranking, debuted against world runner-up

Rustam Assakalov Rustam Skhatbievich Assakalov (; born 13 July 1984) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani Greco-Roman wrestler of Adyg heritage. He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and 2013 and 2015 Asian Championships, and silver medals at the 2018 Asian Game ...

and ended up being eliminated in the first round. At the

2023 Pan American Games The 2023 Pan American Games (), officially the XIX Pan American Games () and commonly known as Santiago 2023, were an international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, held in Santiago, Chile from 20 October to 5 Novem ...

, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg category.Igor Queiroz é bronze, e Brasil bate recorde de medalhas no wrestling em uma edição do Pan
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Queiroz, Igor Living people 2001 births Brazilian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists Competitors at the 2022 South American Games South American Games medalists in wrestling South American Games silver medalists for Brazil 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Sportspeople from Cuiabá