Marwa Amri

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Marwa Amri
Personal information
Born8 January 1989 (1989-01-08) (age 32)
Tunis, Tunisia
Medal record
Women's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Tunisia
Summer Olympics
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Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 58 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Paris 58 kg
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Brazzaville 58 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 62 kg

Marwa Amri (born 8 January 1989) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis.[1] She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.[3]

Career[]

At the 2008 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she lost in the first round to Jackeline Rentería.[2]

At the 2012 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she defeated Um Ji-Eun in the qualifications and was eliminated by Sofia Mattsson in the 1/8 finals.[4]

She improved yet again at the 2016 Olympics, in the 58 kg category. Although she lost to Kaori Icho in the first round, she was entered into the repechage because Icho reached the final. In the repechage she beat Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, and then Yuliya Ratkevich in her bronze medal match.[5]

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships.[6] She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7][8] She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event.[9]

Personal life[]

She is the oldest of four children. Her father died when she was nine. She took up wrestling when she was 11. Although one of her younger sisters also took up the sport, she quickly quit.[3]

Despite a lack of funding, facilities and female training partners, Amri persevered, attending World and African championships through government funding.[3]

She has a degree in Physical Education.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Marwa Amri". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  2. ^ a b "Marwa Amri Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  3. ^ a b c d "Life's changed for wrestler Marwa after historic Rio medal". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  4. ^ "Marwa Amri - Events and results". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016 - Women's Freestyle 58 kg". rio2016.com. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  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. ^ Shefferd, Neil (3 April 2021). "Hosts Tunisia claim four more Tokyo 2020 berths on day two of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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