| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 27 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Tunisia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ayoub Barraj (born 27 May 1997) [1] is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. At the African Wrestling Championships he won a total of four medals: three gold medals and one bronze medal. [2]
He represented Tunisia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China without winning a medal. [1] He finished in fifth place in the boys' freestyle 76 kg event. [1] In 2015, he won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt.
In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 74 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. [3] He also won the gold medal in the 79 kg event in 2019 and 2020. [4] [5]
He represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 86 kg event. [6] In the final, he defeated Fateh Benferdjallah of Algeria. In the same year, he also competed in the men's freestyle 79 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his first match by Tajmuraz Salkazanov of Slovakia. [7] Salkazanov went on to win one of the bronze medals. [7]
In 2020, he competed in the men's 79 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. [8] In 2021, he competed at the African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He did not qualify as he lost his first match against Augusto Midana of Guinea-Bissau. [9] He also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. [10]
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | African Wrestling Championships | Alexandria, Egypt | 3rd | Freestyle 74 kg |
| 2018 | African Wrestling Championships | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 1st | Freestyle 74 kg |
| 2019 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 1st | Freestyle 79 kg |
| African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Freestyle 86 kg | |
| 2020 | African Wrestling Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | Freestyle 79 kg |
Marwa Al-Amri is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis. She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.
Blessing Oborududu is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She is currently ranked as the world number two woman wrestler and also the first wrestler to win an Olympic medal representing Nigeria at the Olympics. She is also a twelve-time African champion from 2010 to 2023.
Joseph Émilienne Essombe Tiako is a Cameroonian wrestler. She competed in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Betzabeth Argüello.
Samar Amer Ibrahim Hamza is an Egyptian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She became the first woman representing Egypt to reach a final at the World Wrestling Championships.
Blessing Joy Onyebuchi is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.
Ebikewenimo Welson is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. He is a four-time medalist at the Commonwealth Games and a two-time medalist at the African Games.
Abdelhak Kherbache is an Algerian freestyle wrestler. At the African Wrestling Championships, he won a total of nine medals: five gold, three silver, and one bronze. He is also a two-time medalist, including gold, at the African Games. He competed in the men's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Fateh Benferdjallah is an Algerian freestyle wrestler. He represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 86 kg event. In the final, he lost against Ayoub Barraj of Tunisia.
Siwar Bousetta, also spelled Bouseta, is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She is a bronze medalist at the African Games and a three-time medalist, including gold, at the African Wrestling Championships. She represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Aliaksandr Siarheyevich Hushtyn is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. He is a three-time silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He represented Belarus at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus and he won a bronze medal in the men's 97 kg event.
Tajmuraz Mairbekovich Salkazanov is a Slovak naturalized freestyle wrestler of Russian origins and Ossetian ethnicity who competes at 74 kilograms. He has represented Slovakia since 2018, and has been a four-time European champion at 74kg.
Vasyl Mykhailov is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 79 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He also won one of the bronze medals in the 79 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. Mykhailov represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Sarra Hamdi is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She is a silver medalist at the African Games and a five-time medalist, including gold, at the African Wrestling Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the women's 50 kg event.
Ekerekeme Agiomor is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. He is a four-time medalist at the African Wrestling Championships.
Haithem Dakhlaoui is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time medalist at the African Wrestling Championships. He also represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Zaineb Sghaier is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the African Wrestling Championships. She represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Khaled El-Moatamadawi is an Egyptian freestyle wrestler. He represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 86 kg event. He is also a two-time gold medalist at the African Wrestling Championships.
Berthe Emillene Etane Ngolle is a Cameroonian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time silver medalist at the African Games. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.
Esther Omolayo Kolawole is a Nigerian wrestler. She represents Nigeria at international competitions. In August 2022, she won bronze in the women's 62 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. Kolawole represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Khadija Jlassi is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time medalist, including gold, in the women's 65 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships.
