Winnie Gofit
Winnie Gofit also known as Winifred Gofit (born May 22, 1994) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She is a gold medalist of the African Championships in 2017 and 2018. She is also a silver medallist of Commonwealth Wrestling Championship.[1][2]
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| Occupation | Soldier Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Winnie is included in the Nigerian Judo Hall Of Fame as the Highest ranked woman in Nigerian Judo Federation.[3][4]
Sports career
In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the 2017 African Wrestling Championships held in Marrakesh, Morocco.[5][6] Also in 2017, she represented Commonwealth Wrestling Championship held in Johannesburg, South Africa and she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 72 kg event.[7] In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 72 kg event at the 2018 African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[8]
References
- ↑ "Winnie GOFIT / IJF.org". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ↑ "Winifred Gofit, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ↑ "Nigeria Judo Hall of Fame". judo.sitesng.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "Seven Nigerians win gold in Morocco". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ tristan. "Commonwealth Wrestling Championship". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ↑ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
External links
- Winnie Gofit at United World Wrestling
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- Winnie Gofit at the International Judo Federation
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