Ekerekeme Agiomor Explained

Ekerekeme Agiomor
Birth Date:	1994 12, df=yes^[1]
Country:	Nigeria
Sport:	Amateur wrestling
Event:	Freestyle

Ekerekeme Agiomor (born 16 December 1994) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. He is a four-time medalist at the African Wrestling Championships.

Career

He won the gold medal in the 79 kg event at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.^[2] A year later, he won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2019 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia.

In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the 86 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.^{[3] [4]}

He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^{[5] [6] [7]} He competed in the men's 86 kg event.^[8]

He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.^{[9] [10]} He competed in the men's 86 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
2018	African Wrestling Championships	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	1st	Freestyle 79kg
2019	African Wrestling Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	3rd	Freestyle 79kg
2020	African Wrestling Championships	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	Freestyle 86kg
2022	African Wrestling Championships	El Jadida, Morocco	3rd	Freestyle 86kg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling AGIOMOR Ekerekeme. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2021-08-04. 2021-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804010942/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1350943-agiomor-ekerekeme.htm. dead.
2. News: 10 February 2018. Senegalese clinches eighth gold at African Wrestling Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 6 April 2021.
3. News: Pavitt. Michael. Kherbache delivers home success on final day of African Wrestling Championships. 9 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 April 2020.
4. 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.
5. News: Shefferd. Neil. 4 April 2021. Algeria claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on final day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 April 2021.
6. News: 5 April 2021. Ekerekeme Agiomor only male wrestler to qualify for Olympics. The Cable. 5 April 2021.
7. 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.
8. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
9. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 22 May 2022 . Algeria earn four golds on final day of African Wrestling Championships . . 23 May 2022.
10. 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.