Ifeoma Iheanacho

Ifeoma Iheanacho ( born January 2, 1988, after other source May 18, 1988 ) is a Nigerian wrestler. She won a bronze medal each in the weight class up to 67 kg at the 2009 World Championships and 2010.

Career

Ifeoma Iheanacho comes from the Nigerian Imo State. It began in 2004 with the rings and is trained by a native of Nigeria former Canadian champion Daniel Igali since 2006. She is 1.69 meters tall and starts in the weight class up to 67 kg body weight. Your performance is sometimes severely limited by the malaria under which they suffer. The more remarkable is that they could celebrate great success in various international championships and is also able to defeat strong wrestlers from Europe and the United States.

In 2008 she was in Tunis Africa champion before Josiane Patricia Soloniaine from Madagascar and Sani Chortani from Tunisia. At the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark defeated Karine Shadojan from Armenia and Kim Ji- Eun of South Korea. In the semifinals, she was beaten with 1:2 and 6:8 points of the later rounds silver medalist Julija Bartnowskaja from Russia. In the fight for a world championship bronze medal she defeated then Adeline Gray of the United States.

In 2010, she managed to repeat this success at the World Championships in Moscow. They even beat the local hero Alyona Kartaschowa. Even against Maria Selmaier from Germany celebrated a superior point victory. Counter Martine Dugrenier from Canada, the later world champion, she lost in the semifinals and in the fight for the bronze medal defeating Mami Shinkai from Japan, the Vice World Champion of 2008. During the same year, she also finished at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi behind Anita from India and Megan Buydens of Canada 3rd place.

2012 Ifeoma Iheanacho was in Marrakech then for the second Africa champion. before Wafa Cherni from Tunisia. You will certainly strive for a place in the Olympic Games this year in London and not there be a chance.

International success

Notes

  • All competitions in free style
  • WM = World Cup

Swell

  • Journal The Ringer
  • Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
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