Esther Kolawole Explained

Esther Kolawole
Full Name:Esther Omolayo Kolawole
Birth Date:2002 1, df=yes
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Country:Nigeria
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Freestyle

Esther Omolayo Kolawole (born 4 January 2002)[1] is a Nigerian wrestler. She represents Nigeria at international competitions. In August 2022, she won bronze in the women's 62kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[2] [3] Kolawole represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Kolawale won the gold medal at the 2018 African Youth Games.[4] In December 2018, she became a national wrestling champion, winning the gold medal for the 55kg freestyle at the Nigerian National Sports Festival.[5]

In February 2018, Kolawole won gold for the 61kg cadet event during the 2018 African Wrestling Championships.[6]

Kolawole won the gold medal in her event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.[7] [8] In May 2021, she failed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9] In October 2021, Kolawole competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway where she was eliminated in her second match.[10]

In November 2021, she placed third and won one of the bronze medal in the women's 57kg freestyle at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11] [12]

In 2022, Kolawole lost her bronze medal match in the women's 57kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[13] She won bronze in the women's 62kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[2] [3] Kolawole won the silver medal in the women's 57kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[14] She competed in the women's 57kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[15]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.[16] A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia.[17] [18]

Kolawole competed in the women's 62kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[19] She was eliminated in her first match by Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.[19]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2020African Wrestling ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria1stFreestyle 55kg
2021World U23 ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdFreestyle 57kg
2022Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, England3rdFreestyle 62kg
Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2ndFreestyle 57kg
2023African Wrestling ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia2ndFreestyle 62kg
2024African Wrestling ChampionshipsAlexandria, Egypt1stFreestyle 62kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Esther Omolayo Kolawole . 2022-08-01 . Birmingham2022.com . Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited.
  2. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 5 August 2022 . India captures three golds on first day of wrestling at Birmingham 2022 . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 August 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: 2018-07-27 . Nigerian female wrestlers win three gold medals, boys football team meets Morocco in final . 2022-08-07 . The Guardian Nigeria News . en-US.
  5. Web site: Eludini . Tunde . 2018-12-15 . National Sports Festival: Team Ondo dominates women's wrestling . 2022-08-08 . Premium Times Nigeria . en-GB.
  6. Web site: 2018-02-09 . African Wrestling Championships: Team Nigeria in medal rush . 2022-08-07 . Vanguard News . en-GB.
  7. News: Olanowski. Eric. Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title. 8 February 2020. United World Wrestling. 9 February 2020.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
  10. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  11. News: Dowdeswell . Andrew . 5 November 2021 . Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships . . 7 August 2022.
  12. Web site: 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG . 10 November 2021 . 7 August 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  13. 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.
  14. Web site: 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818181226/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 . 18 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  15. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  16. Web site: Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129102012/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-01/results_01_nice.pdf?VersionId=JRwl6aj396SBu4z5fue7A0lWVoSOgrwt . 29 January 2023 . 4 February 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  17. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 19 May 2023 . Egypt and Algeria share Greco-Roman golds at African Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 22 May 2023.
  18. Web site: 2023 African Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230522170402/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-05/final-book-1edf26c3-9b2e-6026-8131-5f0cc5b812b3_0.pdf?VersionId=T4hII7UXGv7bZjHu3jl4OtPIvvtKhA73 . 22 May 2023 . 22 May 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  19. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.

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