Blessing Onyebuchi

Blessing Onyebuchi
Personal information
Full name	Blessing Joy Onyebuchi
Sport
Country	Nigeria
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Medal record
Representing Nigeria
Women's freestyle wrestling
Commonwealth Games
African Games
African Wrestling Championships
Women's beach wrestling
World Beach Games

Blessing Joy Onyebuchi is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.

Career

In 2014, she won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland. Four years later, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event.^[1] In the final, she lost against Erica Wiebe of Canada.

At the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, she won the silver medal in the women's 75 kg event.^[2] The following year, she competed at the 2016 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament where she won one of the bronze medals in her event.

At the 2019 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event.^[3] She also represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event.^[4] In the same year, she also competed at the World Beach Games where she won the gold medal in the women's +70 kg beach wrestling event.^[5]

In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 76 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria.^[6]^[7] In the final, she lost against Samar Amer of Egypt.^[7]

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	3rd	Freestyle 75 kg
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	2nd	Freestyle 75 kg
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	Freestyle 76 kg
2019	African Wrestling Championships	Hammamet, Tunisia	1st	Freestyle 76 kg
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	Freestyle 76 kg
	World Beach Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	Beach wrestling +70 kg
2020	African Wrestling Championships	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	Freestyle 76 kg

^ Barker, Philip (12 April 2018). "Kumar and Wiebe stake claims for greatness with Commonwealth Games wrestling victories at Gold Coast 2018". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "2015 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ Etchells, Daniel (30 March 2019). "Nigeria claim women's team title at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Beach Wrestling Medalists" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ Olanowski, Eric (8 February 2020). "Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 9 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.