Anta Sambou
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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.[1][2]
Career
[edit]She represented Senegal at the 2019 African Games and she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg event.[3] In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.[4][5]
She competed at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
She competed in the 72 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[7]
Achievements
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Anta Sambou at the International Wrestling Database
Categories:
- 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 women
- Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games