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Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 53 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bose Samuel is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. [1] She is a silver medalist at the African Games and a bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games.
She won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. [2] In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 53 kg event. [3] [4]
In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 53kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria. [5] [6] She competed at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 3rd | Freestyle 53 kg |
2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
2020 | African Wrestling Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | Freestyle 53 kg |
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