Mercy Genesis Explained
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Fullname: | Miesinnei Mercy Genesis |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1997 |
Sport: | Freestyle Wrestling |
Event: | -48 kg |
Miesinnei Mercy Genesis (born 20 September 1997) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] [2] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she competed in the Women’s freestyle -48 kg.
In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg beach wrestling event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar. She was stripped of her medal in February 2021 due to anti-doping rule violations.[3] [4]
In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 50 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships.[5] [6]
She competed in the 50kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7]
Notes and References
- News: Berkeley . Geoff . 6 August 2022 . Phogat completes Commonwealth Games hat-trick with another wrestling gold . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 August 2022.
- 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.
- News: 12 February 2021. ANOC disqualifies results of two beach wrestlers from ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 for anti-doping offences. Around the Rings. 17 April 2021.
- News: Gillen. Nancy. 8 February 2021. Iranian wrestler Rahmani set to be stripped of ANOC World Beach Games gold medal for doping. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 April 2021.
- News: Olanowski. Eric. Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title. 8 February 2020. United World Wrestling. 9 February 2020.
- 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.
- 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.