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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) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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]