Miesinnei Mercy Genesis (born 20 September 1997) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the

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held in Birmingham, England. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she competed in the Women’s freestyle -48 kg. In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg beach wrestling event at the

2019 World Beach Games The 2019 World Beach Games, ( ar, 2019 ألعاب شاطئ العالم) officially known as the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 and commonly known as Qatar 2019, was the inaugural edition of the international beach and water multi-sport event ...

held in Doha, Qatar. She was stripped of her medal in February 2021 due to anti-doping rule violations. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 50 kg event at the

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. She competed in the

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event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* Olympic wrestlers of Nigeria 1997 births Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2015 African Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games Doping cases in wrestling Nigerian sportspeople in doping cases African Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling 20th-century Nigerian women 21st-century Nigerian women {{Nigeria-wrestling-bio-stub