Youth Olympic Games

Women’s Wrestling Draws, Schedule, How to Follow

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 22:52 By Tim Foley

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BUENOS AIRES (October 12) – Women’s Wrestling wrestling at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games start tomorrow morning with 50 athletes across five weight classes vying for their first taste at Olympic glory. Cadet-level wrestlers from all five continents were selected after an extensive qualification process with names finalized by United World Wrestling on September 4th.

Wrestling will begin Saturday at 10am local/9am ET with finals beginning at 5:00pm local/4:00pm ET.

Watch the action LIVE on the Olympic Channel, HERE

The match-by-match competition schedule can be found on the official Buenos Aires YOG 2018 site, HERE

Women’s Freestyle, 43kg

Group A

Maria LEORDA (MDA)
Ella Mae DERRY (NZL)
Enkhzul BATBAATAR (MGL)
Sara Gouda Farouk MAHMOUD (EGY)
Simran SIMRAN (IND)
 

Group B

Emily King SHILSON (USA)
Heloisa Elena MARTINEZ (BRA)
Shahana NAZAROVA (AZE)
Justine Fanny VIGOUROUX (FRA)
Christianah Tolulope OGUNSANYA (NGR)

Women’s Freestyle, 49kg

Group A

Maria Jose MOSQUERA ROJAS (VEN)
Natallia VARAKINA (BLR)
Nilufar RAIMOVA (KAZ)
Tiare Lynn Masako Dizon IKEI (USA)
Shokhida AKHMEDOVA (UZB)

Group B

Paulina Jean DUENAS (GUM)
Zineb ECH CHABKI (MAR)
Emma Jonna Denise MALMGREN (SWE)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Sopealai SIM (CAM)

Women’s Freestyle, 57kg

Group A

Anna Hella SZEL (HUN)
Irina RINGACI (MDA)
Lydia TOIDA (CMR)
Mansi MANSI (IND)
Mayra Alejandra PARRA ALVAREZ (VEN)

Group B

Kaetlyn Rae Okada QUINTANILLA (GUM)
Hala Wael Imbabi AHMED (EGY)
Nonoka OZAKI (JPN)
Andrea Monserrat LOPEZ MARTINEZ (MEX)
Anastasia BLAYVAS (GER)

Women’s Freestyle, 65kg

Group A

Xinru ZHOU (CHN)
Oyun Erdene TAMIR (MGL)
Yetzis Camila RAMIREZ MARQUEZ (CUB)
Sandra Elena ESCAMILLA MENCHACA (MEX)
Amina Roxana CAPEZAN (ROU)

Group B

Oksana CHUDYK (UKR)
Viktoria VESSO (EST)
Natacha Véronique NABAINA (CMR)
Sunmisola Idowu BALOGUN (NGR)
Zaineb SGHAIER (TUN)

Women’s Freestyle, 73kg

Group A

Kseniya DZIBUK (BLR)
Linda Marilina MACHUCA (ARG)
Vahide Nur GOK (TUR)
Khadija JLASSI (TUN)
Svetlana OKNAZAROVA (UZB)

Group B

Yuka KAGAMI (JPN)
Milaimys de la Caridad MARIN POTRILLE (CUB)
Anika Elizabeth WHITE (CAN)
Julia Hanna Ellinor FRIDLUND (SWE)
Ioana Penina Nicole Uputaua LUDGATE (ASA)

Olympic silver medalist Oborududu announces retirement

Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 07:10 By Vinay Siwach

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NIGERIA (June 6) -- Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) announced her retirement last week, ending a memorable career in wrestling.

The 36-year-old called it quits at the National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, a tournament she made her first appearance as a young wrestler in 2006.

In a career spanning 19 years, Oborududu won the African Championships 13 times, became the first African wrestler to win Olympic silver medal in Women's Wrestling and finished fifth at the Paris Olympics.

Oborududu participated won her first gold at the African Championships in 2010 and maintained her winning streak at the tournament for 15 years. 

“I want to thank everyone who has been part of my journey: the Nigeria Wrestling Federation led by Daniel IGALI, the board members, my teammates, and my family,” Oborududu was quoted as saying by the Nigeria media. "I created a lot of memories, but my most memorable one was the Tokyo Olympics, which ignited hope across Africa. It was the first-ever medal by an African woman in wrestling at the Olympics, and I hope more will come for future wrestlers."

At the sports festival, Oborududu helped Team Bayelsa clinch gold medal in her final bout at the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival. He later received a farewell from teammates, officials and fans.