Vivian Yusuf Explained

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Vivian Yusuf
Fullname:Vivian Aminu Yusuf
Birth Date:8 August 1983
Weight:780NaN0
Sport:Judo
Event:78 kg
Coach:Bashir Bassey (national)
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Vivian Aminu Yusuf (born 8 August 1983) is a Nigerian judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category.[1] She won two silver medals at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco, both losing out to Tunisia's Houda Miled in the final match.[2]

Yusuf represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in The Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China, where she competed for the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg).[3] She received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to Germany's Heide Wollert, who was able to score an automatic ippon at thirty-seven seconds.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Vivian Yusuf. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060548/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yu/vivian-yusuf-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 11 December 2012.
  2. Web site: African Championships Agadir, Event, JudoInside. 2021-02-01. www.judoinside.com.
  3. News: Nigeria's only female judoka for Olympics leaves for overseas training. https://web.archive.org/web/20090706090948/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/02/content_8302639.htm. dead. 6 July 2009. Xinhua News Agency. 2 June 2008. 11 December 2012.
  4. Web site: Women's Half Lightweight (78kg/172 lbs) Preliminaries. NBC Olympics. 11 December 2012.