Blessing Onyebuchi
Personal information
Full nameBlessing Joy Onyebuchi
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
Women's freestyle wrestling
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 75 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 75 kg
African Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hammamet 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Algiers 76 kg
Women's beach wrestling
World Beach Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha +70 kg

Blessing Joy Onyebuchi is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.

Career

In 2014, she won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the 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 African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.[6][7] In the final, she lost against Samar Amer of Egypt.[7]

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland 3rd Freestyle 75 kg
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 2nd Freestyle 75 kg
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 2nd Freestyle 76 kg
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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "2015 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (30 March 2019). "Nigeria claim women's team title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Beach Wrestling Medalists" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ↑ Olanowski, Eric (8 February 2020). "Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. 1 2 "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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