Annabelle Ali Explained
| Annabelle Laure Ali |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Yagoua, Cameroon |
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Annabelle Laure Ali (born 4 March 1985) is a female freestyle wrestler from Cameroon. She participated in the Women's Freestyle 72 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the 1/8 final to Agnieszka Wieszczek. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Stanka Zlateva in the quarterfinals.[1] As Zlateva proceeded to the final, Ali was part of the bronze medal repechage, where she lost to Vasilisa Marzaliuk. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was also the Cameroonian flag-bearer at the opening ceremony.[2]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the women's -75 kg division.
Major results
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
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| 2005 | Commonwealth Championships | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 1st | 72 kg |
| 2007 | World Championships |  Baku, Azerbaijan | 19th | 72 kg |
| 2008 | African Championships |  Tunis, Tunisia | 3rd | 72 kg |
| Olympic Games |  Beijing, China | 16th | 72 kg |
| World Championships |  Tokyo, Japan | 12th | 72 kg |
| 2009 | African Championships |  Casablanca, Morocco | 1st | 72 kg |
| World Championships | Herning, Denmark | 9th | 72 kg |
| 2010 | African Championships |  Cairo, Egypt | 1st | 72 kg |
| World Championships |  Moscow, Russia | 11th | 72 kg |
| Commonwealth Games |  New Delhi, India | 2nd | 72 kg |
| 2011 | African Championships |  Dakar, Senegal | 1st | 72 kg |
| World Championships |  Istanbul, Turkey | 5th | 72 kg |
| 2012 | African Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 2nd | 72 kg |
| Olympic Games |  London, Great Britain | 7th | 72 kg |
| 2013 | Francophone Games |  Nice, France | 3rd | 72 kg |
| World Championships |  Budapest, Hungary | 19th | 72 kg |
| 2014 | African Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | 1st | 75 kg |
| Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, Great Britain | 2nd | 75 kg |
| 2015 | African Championships | Alexandria, Egypt | 1st | 75 kg |
| African Games | Brazzaville, Congo | 1st | 75 kg |
| 2016 | African Championships | Alexandria, Egypt | 2nd | 75 kg |
| Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | 75 kg |
| 2018 | African Championships | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 3rd | 76 kg | |
External links
- Web site: Wrestler profile on beijing2008.com . 2008-08-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080809102931/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/244860.shtml . 2008-08-09 .
Notes and References
- Web site: Freestyle 72 kg results - Wrestling - London 2012 Olympics . www.olympic.org . 2015-10-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151005064037/http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/wrestling/freestyle-72-kg-w . 2015-10-05 .
- Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Annabel Ali Profile. g2014results.thecgf.com. 2015-10-04. 29 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230329092633/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/wrestling/1028092/a_ali.html. dead.
