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Place of Birth: Onești, Bacău County, Romania
About Ana Maria Pavăl
- Ana Maria Paval (born July 10, 1983) is an amateur Romanian wrestler, who is playing for the women's 53 kilograms category.
- Since 2005, Paval had won a total of five bronze medals at the European Wrestling Championships.
- She is a member of CSA Steaua Bucure?ti, and is coached and trained by Simon Constantin and Vasile Visan. Paval represented Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 55 kg class.
- She lost the first preliminary match to China's Xu Li.
- Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Paval offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Olga Smirnova in the repechage bout.
- She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost by a fall to Colombia's Jackeline Rentería, finishing only in fifth place.
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