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| Country | Senegal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anta Sambou is a Senegalese freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time medalist at the African Games. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco. [1] [2]
She represented Senegal at the 2019 African Games and she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg event. [3] In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria. [4] [5]
She competed at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [6]
She competed in the 72 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. [7]
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | African Wrestling Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 3rd | Freestyle 67 kg |
| 2013 | African Wrestling Championships | N'Djamena, Chad | 2nd | Freestyle 67 kg |
| 2014 | African Wrestling Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | 2nd | Freestyle 60 kg |
| 2015 | African Wrestling Championships | Alexandria, Egypt | 3rd | Freestyle 63 kg |
| African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 3rd | Freestyle 63 kg | |
| 2017 | African Wrestling Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 3rd | Freestyle 69 kg |
| 2018 | African Wrestling Championships | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg |
| 2019 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg |
| African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg | |
| 2020 | African Wrestling Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg |
| 2022 | African Wrestling Championships | El Jadida, Morocco | 1st | Freestyle 72 kg |
| 2023 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 3rd | Freestyle 76 kg |
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