Marwa Amri

Marwa Amri
Personal information
Born 8 January 1989 (1989-01-08) (age 29)
Tunis, Tunisia
Medal record
Women's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Tunisia
Summer Olympics
2016 Rio de Janeiro 58 kg
World Championships
2017 Paris58 kg
African Games
2015 Brazzaville58 kg
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara55 kg
2013 Mersin55 kg
2018 Tarragona62 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 and 2016 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]

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. 1 2 "Marwa Amri Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "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.


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