Isabelle Sambou (born 20 October 1980, in
Mlomp Haer
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As of 2000, it had a population of 7,628, rising to around 8,500 in 2006. Most inhabitants are of Diola ...
) is a
Senegal
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ese
freestyle wrestler
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. She competed in the
freestyle 48 kg event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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; she advanced to the bronze medal match, where she was defeated by
Carol Huynh
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.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, she competed in the
freestyle 53 kg event. She defeated
Nguyen Thi Lua of
Vietnam
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in the first round. She was then defeated by eventual silver medalist,
Saori Yoshida
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of
Japan
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during the quarterfinals. Sambou was defeated by eventual bronze medalist,
Natalya Synyshyn
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of
Azerbaijan
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in the repechage. She was the flagbearer for Senegal during the opening ceremony.
References
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1980 births
Living people
Senegalese female sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers of Senegal
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
African Games silver medalists for Senegal
African Games medalists in wrestling
Competitors at the 2015 African Games
20th-century Senegalese women
21st-century Senegalese women
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