Blessing Onyebuchi
Blessing Joy Onyebuchi is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.
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| Full name | Blessing Joy Onyebuchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2014, she won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland. Four years later, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event.[1] In the final, she lost against Erica Wiebe of Canada.
At the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, she won the silver medal in the women's 75 kg event.[2] The following year, she competed at the 2016 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament where she won one of the bronze medals in her event.
At the 2019 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event.[3] She also represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event.[4] In the same year, she also competed at the World Beach Games where she won the gold medal in the women's +70 kg beach wrestling event.[5]
In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.[6][7] In the final, she lost against Samar Amer of Egypt.[7]
Major results
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
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| 2019 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg |
| African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg | |
| World Beach Games | Doha, Qatar | 1st | Beach wrestling +70 kg | |
| 2020 | African Wrestling Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | Freestyle 76 kg |
References
- Barker, Philip (12 April 2018). "Kumar and Wiebe stake claims for greatness with Commonwealth Games wrestling victories at Gold Coast 2018". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "2015 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Etchells, Daniel (30 March 2019). "Nigeria claim women's team title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- "Beach Wrestling Medalists" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- Olanowski, Eric (8 February 2020). "Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.