NationalityTemplate:BASQUE Height1.76 m SportWrestling Weight72 kg
NameMaider Unda EventsFreestyle wrestling RoleOlympic athlete
Birth nameMaider Unda Gonzalez de Audicana Born2 July 1977 (age 38) (1977-07-02) Vitoria, Basque Country ResidenceAramaio, Spain, Basque Country, Spain Bronze medalsWrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 72 kg Similar PeopleGuzel Manyurova, Stanka Zlateva, Natalia Vorobieva
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Maider Unda González de Audicana (born 2 July 1977 in Vitoria) is a Basque Spanish retired female freestyle wrestler.
She participated in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 1/8 final she beat Oksana Vashchuk (Ukraine). In the quarter-final she lost to Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria). In the repechage round, after beating Canadian Ohenewa Akuffo she lost to Agnieszka Wieszczek in the bronze medal match.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Unda won the bronze medal in Women's freestyle wrestling 72 kg. In the 1/8 final she beat Ana Betancur from Colombia, and Ochirbatyn Burmaa from Mongolia in the quarter-final. She lost in the semi-final against Stanka Zlateva but beat Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Belarus) for the bronze medal.
On 9 November 2016, Unda announced her retirement from wrestling after failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Unda runs a sheep farm in the village of Olaeta in Aramaio producing Idiazabal cheese, which she combined with her career in sports.