Odunayo Adekuoroye

Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye (born October 12, 1993 in Akure , Nigeria ) is a Nigerian wrestler . She won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 53 kg at the 2015 World Championships and was runner-up in the weight class up to 55 kg in 2017

Career

Odunayo Adekuoroye began wrestling as a teenager at Adegrola Memorial Grammar School in Akure. Your great role model is the former world wrestler Daniel Igali , who comes from Nigeria but competed for Canada. She has been part of the national wrestling team of Nigeria since 2010 and is coached by Akuh Purity.

She achieved her first international success in April 2010 when she became the African champion of the age group “Cadets” in the weight class up to 49 kg in Cairo. In the same year, again in Cairo, she was also the African champion of the “Juniors” age group in the weight class up to 51 kg. In October 2010 she was used by the Nigerian Wrestling Association at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in the weight class up to 48 kg. She took an excellent third place there and only had to give way to Olympic champion Carol Huynh from Canada and Davi Nirmala from India.

In September 2011 she competed at the World Cup in Istanbul. In the weight class up to 51 kg, she lost her first fight against Maria Ivanova from Belarus just on points. Since Maria Ivanova did not reach the final, she had to retire and be satisfied with 14th place.

In 2012, Odunayo Adekuoroye came in second at the African Championships in Marrakech in the weight class up to 55 kg behind Marwa Amri from Tunisia. However, she could not qualify for participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

In 2013 she finished second at the African Championships in N'Djamena in the weight class up to 51 kg behind Isabelle Sambou from Senegal. In December 2013 she succeeded in the Commonwealth Championships in Johannesburg in the same weight class, the victory over the Indian Vinesh.

At the African Cup of Nations 2014 in Tunis, Odunaye Adekuoroye came 2nd in the weight class up to 53 kg. She lost to Isabelle Sambou in the final, as in the previous year's African Championship. She achieved a great success in July 2014. She won the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the weight class up to 53 kg, ahead of Lalita Kumari from India, Jillian Gallays from Canada and Mpho Madi from South Africa.

In May 2015, Odunaye Adekuoroye was the first time African champion in Alexandria in the weight class up to 53 kg. She referred Isabelle Sambou, Dorsaf Elgharsi from Tunisia and Mona Samir Mahmoud from Egypt to their places. At the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, she then proved that African women wrestlers can also compete with the world's best. She won in Las Vegas in the weight class up to 53 kg over Natalja Malyschewa from Russia and Lilija Horischna from Ukraine, then she lost in the quarterfinals to Sofia Mattsson from Sweden, but then secured herself with victories over Nadezhda Schuschko from Belarus and Zhong Xuechon from China a bronze medal. One week after this success she also won the All Africa Games in Brazzaville in the weight class up to 53 kg ahead of Isabelle Sambou and Parfonite Mambou, Congo.

In March 2016, Odunaye Adekuroye was again African champion in the weight class up to 55 kg in Alexandria. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she started in the weight class up to 53 kg, in which she had to train because the weight class up to 55 kg was not Olympic. She lost her first fight there against Sofia Mattsson. Since this did not reach the final, she was eliminated and only came in 16th place.

In 2017 she was again African champion in the weight class up to 55 kg in Marrakech. She then achieved another great success in her career at the 2017 World Cup in Paris. In the weight class up to 55 kg she won there over Mathilde Riviere from France, Lenka Kockowa Martinakowa, Czech Republic, Davaanchimeg Erchenbayar, Mongolia and Irina Kuratschkina from Belarus, before she was beaten in the final by the Japanese Haruna Okuna. She became runner-up world champion.

In February 2018 Odunayo Adekuoroye became African champion in the weight class up to 57 kg in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. In the same weight class, she also won the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, in April 2018. She defeated it in the final battle Pooja Dhanda from India. At the 2018 World Cup in Budapest, she managed the feat of defeating the strong Japanese Katsuki Sakagami in the first round . In the next round she lost to Pooja Dhanda with a score of 6: 7. Since this did not reach the final, she was eliminated and only came in 9th place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2010	1.	African Championship (Cadets) in Cairo	up to 49 kg	before Samr Ramadan, Egypt
2010	1.	African Championship (Juniors) in Cairo	up to 51 kg	in front of Siham Haja, Morocco
2010	3.	Commonwealth Games in Delhi	up to 48 kg	behind Carol Huynh, Canada and Davi Nirmala, India
2011	14th	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 51 kg	after losing to Maria Ivanova, Belarus
2012	2.	African championship in Marrakech	up to 55 kg	behind Marwa Amri , Tunisia, in front of Rochyatou Sonko, Senegal and Noma Khalil, Egypt
2013	2.	African championship in N'Djamena	up to 51 kg	behind Isabelle Sambou, Senegal, in front of Hedia Trabelsi, Tunisia
2013	1.	Commonwealth Championship in Johannesburg	up to 51 kg	in front of Vinesh, India, Mpho Madi, South Africa and Jeayne Clarson, Scotland
2014	2.	African championship in Tunis	up to 53 kg	behind Isabelle Sambou, in front of Selma Jemaii, Tunisia
2014	1.	Commonwealth Games in Glasgow	up to 53 kg	ahead of Lalita Kumari, India, Jillian Gallays, Canada and Mpho Madi, South Africa
2015	1.	African championship in Alexandria	up to 53 kg	in front of Isabelle Sambou, Dorsaf Elgharsi, Tunisia and Mona Samir Mahmoud, Egypt
2015	3.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 53 kg	after victories over Natalja Malysheva, Russia and Lilija Horischna, Ukraine, a defeat against Sofia Mattsson, Sweden and victories over Nadezhda Schuschko, Belarus and Zhong Xuechon, China
2015	1.	All Africa Games in Brazzaville	up to 53 kg	in front of Isabelle Sambou and Parfonite Mambou, Congo
2015	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 53 kg	behind Helen Maroulis , USA and Sofia Mattsson
2016	1.	African championship in Alexandria	up to 55 kg	in front of Rim Ayari, Tunisia, Norma Gordon, South Africa and Joseph Emilienne Essombe Taiko, Cameroon
2016	16.	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 53 kg	after a loss to Sofia Mattsson
2016	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 55 kg	before Nina Menkenowa, Russia, Tatjana Kit, Ukraine and Aljona Kolesnik, Azerbaijan
2017	1.	African championship in Marrakech	up to 55 kg	before Joseph Emilienne Essombe Taiko and Rim Ayari
2017	1.	Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku	up to 55 kg	before Natalja Sinischin, Azerbaijan, Bediha Gün, Turkey and Emma Tissina, Kazakhstan
2017	2.	World Cup in Paris	up to 55 kg	after victories over Mathilde Riviere, France, Lenka Hockowa Martinakowa, Czech Republic, Davaanchimeg Erchenbayar, Mongolia and Irina Kuratschkina, Belarus and a defeat against Haruna Okuno , Japan
2018	1.	African Championship in Port Harcourt, Nigeria	up to 57 kg	before Joseph Emilienne Essombe Taiko, Cameroon, Dorssaf Gharssi, Tunisia and Carolyne Anyago Otiendo, Kenya
2018	1.	Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia	up to 57 kg	before Pooja Dhanda, India, Emily Suzanne Schaefer, Canada and Joseph Emilienne Essombe Taiko
2018	9.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 57 kg	after defeating Katsuki Sakagami, Japan and losing to Pooja Dhanda

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

literature

Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Odunayo Adekuoroye at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Profile of Odunayo Adekuoroye at the Institute for Applied Training Science