| Intro | Olympic wrestler | ||
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Wrestler Amateur wrestler Athlete |
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| From |
Nigeria |
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| Type |
Sports |
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| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 12 March 1989, Nigeria, Nigeria | ||
| Age: | 31 years | ||
| Star sign | Pisces | ||
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Blessing Oborududu (born 12 March 1989 in Gbanranu) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by Monika Michalik.
She won the bronze medal in the women’s middleweight at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She beat Chloe Spiteri in her bronze medal match.
She also competed in the women’s middleweight at the 2016 Olympics, losing to Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg in the second round.
She won a gold medal for women 63 kg category at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.
She won a Gold medal at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 68 kg women’s freestyle wrestling event, defeating Canada’s Danielle Lappage.
In 2020 she won the gold medal in the women’s freestyle 68 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships.