Joseph Essombe
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| Full name | Joseph Émilienne Essombe Tiako | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cameroonian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1988 Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cameroon | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 53 kg / 57 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Émilienne Essombe Tiako (born 22 March 1988) is a Cameroonian wrestler. She competed in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Betzabeth Argüello.[1][2]
In March 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2019 African Wrestling Championships. In 2019, she also represented Cameroon at the 2019 African Games and she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 53 kg event.
In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships.[3][4] She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Cameroon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53 kg event.[6]
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joseph Emilienne Essombe Tiako". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Women's Freestyle 53 kg - Standings". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (21 May 2022). "Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Joseph Essombe at United World Wrestling
- Joseph Essombe at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Joseph Essombe at Olympics.com
- Joseph Essombe at Olympedia
- Joseph Essombe Tiako at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Joseph Essombe Tiako at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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