Marwa Al-Amri ( ar, مروى العامري, born 8 January 1989) is a
Tunisia
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freestyle wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...
. She was born in
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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. She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the
2008
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2012
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2016
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and
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
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She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.
Career
At the 2008 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she lost in the first round to
Jackeline Rentería.
At the 2012 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she defeated
Um Ji-Eun
Um Ji-Eun (born 18 May 1987, in Incheon) is a South Korean freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the qualifications by Marwa Amri.
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in the qualifications and was eliminated by
Sofia Mattsson
Sofia Magdalena Mattsson (born 11 November 1989) is a Swedish wrestler, who has won a World Championship, four European championships and an Olympic bronze medal.
Profile
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in the 1/8 finals.
She improved yet again at the 2016 Olympics, in the 58 kg category. Although she lost to
Kaori Icho
is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 20 ...
in the first round, she was entered into the repechage because Icho reached the final. In the repechage she beat
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava (russian: Юлия Гурамиевна Реквава), (born July 30, 1986 in Smolensk, Russia) is a Russian- Turkish female wrestler. She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at ...
, and then
Yuliya Ratkevich
Yuliya Ratkevich ( be, Юлія Мікалаеўна Раткевіч; Łacinka: Julija Mikałajeŭna Ratkievič; born 16 July 1985) is a Belarusian-born Azerbaijani female wrestler. She is the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in women's freestyle 5 ...
in her bronze medal match.
In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the
African Wrestling Championships.
She qualified at the
2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to
represent Tunisia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
She competed in the
women's freestyle 62 kg event.
She won the gold medal in her event at the
2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.
A few months later, she also won the gold medal in the
62 kg event at the
2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
She competed in the
62 kg event at the
2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
She won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the
2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Personal life
She is the oldest of four children. Her father died when she was nine. She took up wrestling when she was 11. Although one of her younger sisters also took up the sport, she quickly quit.
Despite a lack of funding, facilities and female training partners, Amri persevered, attending World and African championships through government funding.
She has a degree in Physical Education.
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Muslim women in sport
Modern Muslim female athletes have achieved success in a variety of sports, including volleyball, tennis, association football, fencing, and basketball. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, fourteen women from Muslim-majority countries won medals, partic ...
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1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tunis
Tunisian female sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Tunisia
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Tunisia
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Tunisia
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Tunisia
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
African Games bronze medalists for Tunisia
African Games medalists in wrestling
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
Competitors at the 2015 African Games
Competitors at the 2019 African Games
World Wrestling Championships medalists
African Wrestling Championships medalists
21st-century Tunisian women