The wrestling mats became his sanctuary, and in the process, he got good at it, becoming a four-time National wrestling champion for Mexico, a two-time Pan American qualifier and a two-time World Championship qualifier. Needless to say, Luna was thinking of the Olympics, but wrestling isn’t exactly a big deal in Mexico, so the funding wasn’t there for him to get to the tournaments he needed to.
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“When I was doing it, I would train three times a day and that (making the Olympics) was the goal,” Luna said. “I started qualifying for the Junior Olympics and then, obviously, I was with the Mexican National team. Later on, I started qualifying for Pan Americans and Worlds, but there was no economic support for the team or for myself to go to the tournaments that were in Spain and all these far places. And my family did not have the possibility to take me to those, so that is the only reason why I never competed in them. But I’m sure if I would’ve, I would’ve done great and I would’ve been on the Olympic team by now.”
