Ike Okoli Explained

Ike Okoli
Birth Date:March 23, 1988
Birth Place:Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:6feet
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Beach wrestling
Collegeteam:University of South Carolina

Ike Okoli (born March 23, 1988) from Cayce, South Carolina[1] is a beach wrestler who is a 3x U.S. Beach Wrestling Nationals/ World Team Trials champion at +90 kg. Winning in 2013[2] [3] 2014 and 2015[4] [5] At the 2014 FILA (now known as the UWW or United World Wrestling) Beach World Championships in Katerini, Greece where he earn the bronze medal as a member of the USA World Beach Team with a record of 4 - 1. Okoli was the only world beach medalist of the U.S. delegation in 2014 after suffering travel delays due to inclement weather.[6]

In 2015, Okoli won gold in the first UWW Pan American Beach Wrestling Championship, where he beat an opponent from Colombia in a best-of three series. Okoli won in two straight matches by 3-0 margins, he was the only U.S. athlete entered in the competition, which featured athletes from Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and the United States.[7] Okoli is of Nigerian descent.

Okoli wrestled at Brookland-Cayce High School in Cayce, South Carolina.[8] He later became a 2x NCWA All American for the University of South Carolina.[9] [10] In 2013, Okoli help South Carolina to a 2nd-place finish behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the NCWA Division II National Team Standings[11]

Prior to South Carolina, Okoli played football for Mount Union University for one season.[12]

References

  1. https://www.facebook.com/cadetcommand/photos/a.155135172249.117452.144701792249/10150183549347250/?type=3&theater U.S. Army Cadet Command (ROTC) - Posts | Facebook
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ike Okoli wins 2013 Beach Nationals . YouTube.
  3. Web site: Immel. Richard. 14 wrestlers qualify for Worlds. https://web.archive.org/web/20140122013304/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2013/April/27/14-wrestlers-qualify-for-World-26396. dead. January 22, 2014. USA Wrestling.
  4. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ike Okoli, 2015 Beach Nationals champion at Unlimited . YouTube.
  5. Web site: Abbott. Gary. World medalist Okoli repeats as Beach Nationals champion with record field at Carolina Beach, N.C.. https://web.archive.org/web/20150609071747/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2015/May/30/Beach-National-Champions-crowned-in-North-Carolina. dead. June 9, 2015.
  6. Web site: Davidson. Rusty. Ike Okoli of the USA wins bronze medal as Greece dominates Beach Worlds. https://web.archive.org/web/20150104035919/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2014/July/06/Okoli-wins-bronze-at-Beach-Worlds. dead. January 4, 2015. USA Wrestling.
  7. Web site: Abbott. Gary. Okoli wins gold at first Pan American Beach Championships held in Colombia. https://web.archive.org/web/20151024162215/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2015/October/23/Okoli-wins-gold-at-Pan-American-Beach-Championships. dead. October 24, 2015.
  8. Web site: South Carolina College/U.S./World Wrestling Records .
  9. Web site: 2012 NCWA Championships . JPG . 2024-06-02.
  10. Web site: Farrell. Scott. NCWA National Championship Notes & Preview. 13 March 2013 . The Open Mat.
  11. Web site: Farrell. Scott. Cal Baptist wins second NCWA title in three years. InterMat Wrestling.
  12. Web site: 2007-08 Mount Union Football Roster - Mount Union . athletics.mountunion.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403085716/http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/fball/2007-08/files/roster . 2015-04-03.

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