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| Full name | Blessing Joy Onyebuchi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blessing Joy Onyebuchi is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.
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| Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blessing Joy Onyebuchi is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.
In 2014, she won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland. Four years later, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event. [1] In the final, she lost against Erica Wiebe of Canada.
At the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, she won the silver medal in the women's 75 kg event. [2] The following year, she competed at the 2016 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament where she won one of the bronze medals in her event.
At the 2019 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event. [3] She also represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event. [4] In the same year, she also competed at the World Beach Games where she won the gold medal in the women's +70 kg beach wrestling event. [5]
In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria. [6] [7] In the final, she lost against Samar Amer of Egypt. [7]
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
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| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, Scotland | 3rd | Freestyle 75 kg |
| 2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 2nd | Freestyle 75 kg |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 2nd | Freestyle 76 kg |
| 2019 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg |
| African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Freestyle 76 kg | |
| World Beach Games | Doha, Qatar | 1st | Beach wrestling +70 kg | |
| 2020 | African Wrestling Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | Freestyle 76 kg |
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