Blessing Oborududu Explained

Blessing Oborududu
Birth Date:1989 3, df=yes
Country:Nigeria
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Freestyle

Blessing Oborududu (born 12 March 1989, in Gbanranu) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.[1] She is currently ranked as the world number two woman wrestler and also the first wrestler to win an Olympic medal representing Nigeria at the Olympics.[2] [3] She is also a twelve-time African champion from 2010 to 2023.

Career

Oborududu was invited to a national camp in 2007 to take part at the African Games after noticing her impressive performances at school inter-house wrestling competitions.[4] Her parents were initially against her ambition to become a sport wrestler and advised her that wrestling is allocated only for boys. She idolised Canadian-Nigerian wrestler Daniel Igali who was originally regarded as the first person from Nigeria to win an Olympic medal in wrestling.

She has won a gold medal at the African Wrestling Championships every year for the last 11 years, except for 2012 when she did not enter due to competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] [6] She competed in the freestyle 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by Monika Michalik.[7]

She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight at the 2014 Commonwealth Games after defeating Chloe Spiteri in her bronze medal match.[8] She also competed in the women's middleweight at the 2016 Summer Olympics, losing to Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg in the second round.[9] She won a gold medal for women 63 kg category at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.[10] [11] She won a gold medal at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 68 kg women's freestyle wrestling event, defeating Canada's Danielle Lappage.[12]

She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[13] [14] In June 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[15] [16]

On 3 August 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg after losing to America's Tamyra Mensah-Stock 4–1 at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[17] [18] [19] [20] She also became the first Nigerian to win an Olympic medal in wrestling.[21] [22] She also eventually won the Nigeria's first silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.[23]

In 2022, she won the gold medal in the 68 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[24] by beating her counterpart Meerim Zhumanazarova from Kyrgyzstan 3–2.[25] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[26] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[27] She won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[28]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blessing Oborududu . London 2012 . 2012-09-06 . 3 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130403211341/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/oborududu-blessing-1055998/ . dead.
  2. Web site: 2021-08-02 . Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu qualifies for Olympics wrestling final . 2021-08-03 . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2021-08-03 . Oborududu wins Nigeria's first-ever Olympic medal in wrestling . 2022-03-25 . TheCable . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2021-08-03 . How Nigeria's first wrestler in Olympics final, Oborududu, was discovered -NWF . 2021-08-03 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  5. News: Blessing Oborududu career placements, United World Wrestling . United World Wrestling . 1 August 2021.
  6. Web site: 2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200616174611/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/results_02_alger.pdf . 16 June 2020 . 16 June 2020 . United World Wrestling.
  7. Web site: Blessing Oborududu - Events and results . London 2012 . 2012-09-06 . 15 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915210503/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/oborududu-blessing-1055998/events/ . dead.
  8. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Blessing Oborududu Profile . g2014results.thecgf.com . 2018-01-04.
  9. Blessing Oborududu. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/blessing-oborududu-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2018-01-04.
  10. Web site: Azerbaijan wrestlers finish in style . 2018-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180105123139/https://www.baku2017.com/en/news/azerbaijan-wrestlers-finish-in-style . 2018-01-05 . dead.
  11. Web site: 4th Islamic Solidarity Games - Women's 63 kg freestyle wrestling . 21 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180105070242/https://baku2017results.azureedge.net/2017/05/21/18/33/03/fe10fba8-737f-4bca-964a-63c8e146f7a0/WRW263000_92A%201.0.pdf . 5 January 2018 . dead . 4 January 2018.
  12. News: Now this is how you celebrate winning a gold medal . BBC Sport.
  13. News: 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 . 3 April 2021.
  14. Web site: 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf . 5 May 2021 . 5 May 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  15. News: Rowbottom . Mike . 11 June 2021 . Adekuoroye scatters Rio 2016 medallists en route to gold at UWW Poland Open . InsideTheGames.biz . 4 July 2021.
  16. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf . 4 July 2021 . 4 July 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  17. Web site: Tamyra Mensah-Stock Takes Gold in Wrestling . 2021-08-03 . NBC Chicago . en-US.
  18. News: 2021-08-03 . Olympics-Wrestling-Mensah-Stock wins women's freestyle light heavyweight gold medal . en . Reuters . 2021-08-03.
  19. Web site: Tamyra Mensah-Stock wins women's freestyle 68kg . 2021-08-03 . Tokyo 2020 . en-US . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803200519/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/golden-night-for-tamyra-mensah-stock-in-women-s-freestyle-68kg . dead.
  20. Web site: Former Olympic champion charges Oborududu to forget 'guaranteed silver' and go for gold . 2021-08-03 . guardian.ng . en-US.
  21. Web site: 2021-08-03 . [BREAKING] Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Oborududu makes history, wins Nigeria's first silver ]. 2021-08-03 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  22. Web site: Blessing Oborududu is Nigeria's first Olympic wrestling medallist - find out more about her . 2021-08-03 . Tokyo 2020 . en-US . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803014604/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/blessing-oborududu-nigerias-first-wrestling-medallist-olympics-profile . dead.
  23. News: Wrestler Oborududu win Nigeria first Tokyo 2020 Olympics medal . BBC News Pidgin . 2021-08-03.
  24. Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  25. Web site: Vinay . #WrestleIstanbul: Oborududu Wins 68kg Gold; Tynybekova stunned . 2022-03-25 . United World Wrestling . English.
  26. Web site: 2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS . 22 May 2022 . 22 May 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  27. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  28. Web site: Wrestling Competition Summary . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806191350/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-08-06/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf . 6 August 2022 . 6 August 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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