Marwa Amri
Personal information
Full nameMarwa Al-Amri
NationalityTunisian
Born8 January 1989 (1989-01-08) (age 35)
Tunis, Tunisia
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Tunisia
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 58 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Paris 58 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Casablanca 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Cairo 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Dakar 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Marrakesh 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 N'Djamena 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tunis 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Alexandria 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Alexandria 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Marrakesh 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hammamet 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Algiers 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 El Jadida 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Hammamet 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Cairo 59 kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Tunis 55 kg
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Brazzaville 58 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 62 kg
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Doha 55 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Istanbul 62 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2023 Sofia 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Burgas 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sofia 59 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 Klippan 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Madrid 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Warsaw 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Paris 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Dormagen 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Madrid 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Warsaw 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Sassari 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Goetzis 55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Madrid 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Warsaw 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kiev 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Madrid 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sassari 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Dabrowa 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bucharest 62 kg

Marwa Al-Amri (Arabic: مروى العامري, born 8 January 1989) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis.[1] She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.[3]

Career

At the 2008 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she lost in the first round to Jackeline Rentería.[2]

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.[4]

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.[5]

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships.[6] She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7][8] She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event.[9]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[10][11] A few months later, she also won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[12] She competed in the 62 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13]

She won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[14]


Early life and education

Amri is the oldest of four children. Her father died when she was nine. She took up wrestling when she was 11.[3] Despite a lack of funding, facilities and female training partners, Amri persevered, attending World and African championships through government funding.[3] She has a degree in physical education.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Marwa Amri". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marwa Amri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Life's changed for wrestler Marwa after historic Rio medal". ESPN.com. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Marwa Amri - Events and results". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016 - Women's Freestyle 58 kg". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  6. ^ Olanowski, Eric (8 February 2020). "Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title". UnitedWorldWrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. ^ Shefferd, Neil (3 April 2021). "Hosts Tunisia claim four more Tokyo 2020 berths on day two of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside The Games. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  10. ^ Brennan, Eliott (21 May 2022). "Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside The Games. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com. 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  14. ^ "2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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