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 in the qualifications and was eliminated by Sofia Mattsson in the 1/8 finals. She improved yet again at the 2016 Olympics, in the 58 kg category. Although she lost to Kaori Icho in the first round, she was entered into the repechage because Icho reached the final. In the repechage she beat Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, and then Yuliya Ratkevich in her bronze medal match. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships, African Wrestling Championships. She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 62 kg, 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 Wrestling at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Women's Freestyle 62 kg, 62 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She competed in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg, 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.See also
* Muslim women in sportReferences
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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amri, Marwa 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