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Country | Senegal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anta Sambou is a Senegalese freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time medalist at the African Games. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.
Career
She represented Senegal at the 2019 African Games and she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg event. In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.
She competed at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
She competed in the 72 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2011 | African Wrestling Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 3rd | Freestyle 67 kg |
2013 | African Wrestling Championships | N'Djamena, Chad | 2nd | Freestyle 67 kg |
2014 | African Wrestling Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | 2nd | Freestyle 60 kg |
2015 | African Wrestling Championships | Alexandria, Egypt | 3rd | Freestyle 63 kg |
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 3rd | Freestyle 63 kg | |
2017 | African Wrestling Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 3rd | Freestyle 69 kg |
2018 | African Wrestling Championships | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg |
2019 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg |
African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg | |
2020 | African Wrestling Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | Freestyle 68 kg |
2022 | African Wrestling Championships | El Jadida, Morocco | 1st | Freestyle 72 kg |
2023 | African Wrestling Championships | Hammamet, Tunisia | 3rd | Freestyle 76 kg |
References
- Brennan, Eliott (21 May 2022). "Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- "2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- "2019 African Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-02-11. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- Olanowski, Eric (8 February 2020). "Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
External links
- Anta Sambou at the International Wrestling Database
- Living people
- Senegalese female sport wrestlers
- African Games silver medalists for Senegal
- African Games bronze medalists for Senegal
- African Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- Competitors at the 2019 African Games
- African Wrestling Championships medalists
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Senegal
- 21st-century Senegalese sportswomen
- Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games