Blessing Oborududu is Nigeria’s First-Ever Wrestling Medalist at the Olympics!
Thanks to Blessing Oborududu, Nigeria now has her first-ever wrestling medal at the Olympics. She won a silver medal in the women’s 68kg freestyle wrestling event.
This makes her the first Nigerian wrestler ever to win a silver medal at the Games and the first-ever Nigerian to win an Olympic medal in wrestling.
The Nigeria wrestler qualified for the final after defeating Mongolia’s Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg 7-2 in the semi-finals. She had earlier defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-2 in the quarter-finals, after beating Azerbaijan’s Elis Manolova in the Round of 16.
This feat is following Ese Brume’s bronze medal win.
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Blessing is currently ranked as the world number two woman wrestler. She is also a ten-time African champion from 2010 to 2020.
Congratulations Blessing Oborududu, We are so proud.