Anastasia Nichita

Anastasia Nichita (born 19 February 1999) is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the 59kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a three-time gold medalist in the 59kg event at the European Wrestling Championships. Nichita also represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career
At the 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, Nichita won the silver medal in the women's 59kg event. At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary, she also won the silver medal in the women's 59kg event. In the final, she lost against Yumeka Tanabe of Japan.

In 2019, at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, Nichita won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57kg event. In that same year, she also won a bronze medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In her bronze medal match she defeated Grace Bullen of Norway. In 2020, Nichita won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. She defeated Bilyana Dudova of Bulgaria in the final. Nichita also won the gold medal in the women's 57kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In 2021, Nichita won one of the bronze medals in the 59kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Nichita represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 57kg event where she won her first match against Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria and she was then eliminated in her next match by eventual bronze medalist Evelina Nikolova of Bulgaria. At the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, she competed in the women's 59kg event.

In February 2022, Nichita won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. In March 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In that same month, Nichita also won the gold medal in the 59kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In the final, she defeated Jowita Wrzesień of Poland.

Nichita won the gold medal in the 59kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She defeated Grace Bullen of Norway in her gold medal match.

Nichita won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2023 Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. She won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt. Nichita won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. She defeated Yuliya Tkach of Ukraine in her gold medal match by walkover.

Nichita won the silver medal in the 57kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. As a result, she earned a quota place for Moldova for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2024, she competed in the women's 59kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.