Tonya Verbeek

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Tonya Verbeek
London 2012 Canadian Olympic Female Freestyle Wrestling Team.jpg
Verbeek (far left) in 2012
Personal information
Born (1977-08-14) 14 August 1977 (age 47)
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Freestyle wrestling
ClubBrock Wrestling Club
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens 55 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 55 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing 55 kg
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Istanbul 55 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Budapest 55 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Herning 55 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Delhi 59 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo 55 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 55 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio De Janeiro 55 kg

Tonya Lynn Verbeek (born 14 August 1977) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Verbeek was the first woman to win a wrestling medal for Canada when she took silver in 2004, she added to that with a bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a second silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She has also won two bronze and a silver at the world championships and has a bronze and silver from the Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games respectively. [1]

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Sports career

She was born in Grimsby, Ontario. She took up wrestling in grade eleven and was undefeated throughout high school in Beamsville, Ontario. She trains at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, and is coached by Marty Calder.

She won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in freestyle women's wrestling in the 55 kg category.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won Canada's third medal overall, the third Canadian medal ever in women's wrestling, [2] by winning a bronze. [3] Verbeek won a silver medal at the 2011 world championships. She was undefeated in 2012 when she was named to the Canadian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4] On 9 August 2012,Verbeek defeated Geeta Phogat of India in her first round match. [5] Verbeek went on to win the silver medal in the Women's 55 kg freestyle category, being defeated by Saori Yoshida in the final.

Wrestling record

International results

Canadian National Championships

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tonya Verbeek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ↑ CBC Television, Olympic Late Night, 16 August 2008
  3. ↑ "Roll call: Canada's medal winners". Sympatico MSN. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Carol Huynh, Tonya Verbeek top Canadian Olympic wrestlers". CBC Sports. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Olympic wrestling: Geeta Phogat loses opening fight". Deccan Herald. 9 August 2012.
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