Marwa Al-Amri (Arabic: مروى العامري, 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]
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| Born | 8 January 1989 (age 35) Tunis, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt 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 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]
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[10][11] A few months later, she also won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[12] She competed in the 62 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13]
She won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[14]
Early life and education
editAmri is the oldest of four children. Her father died when she was nine. She took up wrestling when she was 11.[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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Marwa Amri". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marwa Amri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Life's changed for wrestler Marwa after historic Rio medal". ESPN.com. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Marwa Amri - Events and results". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Rio 2016 - Women's Freestyle 58 kg". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ Olanowski, Eric (8 February 2020). "Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title". UnitedWorldWrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ 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. Inside The Games. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (21 May 2022). "Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside The Games. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com. 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
edit- Marwa Amri at the International Wrestling Database
- Marwa Amri at United World Wrestling
- Marwa Amri at Olympics.com
- Marwa Amri at Olympedia (archive)
