Yowlys Bonne Rodríguez (born November 2, 1983) is a

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and three-time world-level medalist.

Early life

Bonne is from

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Career

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Bonne became world champion by defeating Gadzhimurad Rashidov of

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in the final match, 6-5. Bonne is also a two-time Olympian, having competed in

freestyle wrestling 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 ...

at both the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2015, Bonne was eliminated from the world tournament in a controversial match.

Wrestling style

Bonne is known for an aggressive wrestling style that includes explosive throws and other eye-catching maneuvers. According to one wrestling outlet, Bonne's wrestling style "has put the phrase 'Bonne Bombs' into the wrestling lexicon."

Freestyle record

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Daulet Niyazbekov Daulet Niyazbekov (; born 12 February 1989) is a former Kazakh freestyle wrestler, who was a member of the Olympic Games 2012. He competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg and he lost his bronze medal match to World Champion Yang Kyong-il. Niyazb ...

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Hassan Rahimi Hassan Rahimi (, born 15 June 1989) is an Iranian wrestler. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and grown up in Yaftabad Tehran. In 2008, he became the Junior Asian Champion and Junior World silver medalist. In 2009 he became the Junior World Champion. ...

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Yang Kyong-il Yang Kyong-Il ( or ; born 7 August 1989 in Pyongyang) is a male freestyle wrestler from North Korea who is a double world champion and won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Yang won his first world title at the 2009 World ...

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Viktor Lebedev Viktor Nikolaevich Lebedev (; born March 10, 1988, in Tomponskiy Ulus) is a Russian freestyle wrestler from the Sakha Republic, two time World Champion, multiple international tournaments winner. He won the gold medal at the 2015 Summer Europ ...

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