Rebecca Muambo

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Rebecca Muambo
Personal information
Full nameRebecca Ndolo Muambo
Born (1985-07-16) 16 July 1985 (age 37)
Buea, Cameroon
Height4 ft 11 in (150 cm)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s)Women's 48 kg
Medal record
Representing Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Women's Wrestling
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow –48 kg
Updated on 19 October 2014.

Rebecca Ndolo Muambo (born 16 July 1985) is a Cameroonian freestyle wrestler. [1] She competed in the women's freestyle 48 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games [2] [3] where she won a bronze medal.

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Major results

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
2003 All-Africa Games Flag of Nigeria.svg Abuja, Nigeria 3rdFreestyle 48 kg
2007 All-Africa Games Flag of Algeria.svg Algiers, Algeria 3rdFreestyle 48 kg
World Championships Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Baku, Azerbaijan 29thFreestyle 48 kg
2009African Championships Flag of Morocco.svg Casablanca, Morocco 7thFreestyle 48 kg
2010African Championships Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt 3rdFreestyle 48 kg
2011African Championships Flag of Senegal.svg Dakar, Senegal 1stFreestyle 48 kg
World Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul, Turkey 38th Freestyle 48 kg
2012African Championships Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakech, Morocco 1stFreestyle 48 kg
2013African Championships Flag of Chad.svg N'Djamena, Chad 2ndFreestyle 48 kg
World Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary 21st Freestyle 48 kg
2014 African Championships Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis, Tunisia 2ndFreestyle 48 kg
Commonwealth Games Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow, Scotland 3rd Freestyle 48 kg
World Championships Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Tashkent, Uzbekistan 20th Freestyle 48 kg
2015 African Championships Flag of Egypt.svg Alexandria, Egypt 1stFreestyle 48 kg
World Championships Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas, United States 33rd Freestyle 48 kg
African Games Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Brazzaville, Congo 2nd Freestyle 48 kg
2016 African Championships Flag of Egypt.svg Alexandria, Egypt 1stFreestyle 48 kg
Olympic Games Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16th Freestyle 48 kg

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Events in the year 1985 in Cameroon.

References

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