The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from Colombia
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Colombian Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Colombian Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jackeline Rentería (1986 - )
With an HPI of 23.49, Jackeline Rentería is the most famous Colombian Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Jackeline Rentería Castillo (born 23 February 1986 in Cali, Colombia) is a female wrestler from Colombia. She won a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and repeated the feat in the women's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She reached the semifinals in both tournaments, losing to the eventual silver medalists and winning the repechage bout. With her second medal she tied Helmut Bellingrodt, an Olympic Sports Shooter as the most decorated Colombian Olympian. In the Rio 2016 Olympics, they were joined by Óscar Figueroa in Weightlifting, Caterine Ibargüen in Triple Jump and Mariana Pajón in BMX. She is studying at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and also at the Universidad de Thomas Gomez.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as wrestlers born between 1986 and 1986. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living wrestlers include Jackeline Rentería.
