Odunayo Adekuoroye

Odunayo Adekuoroye
Personal information
Full nameOdunayo Folasade Adekuoroye
NicknamePantera dancer
NationalityNigerian
Born (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 30)
Ilutitun, Ondo State, Nigeria
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWrestling
EventWomen's 53 kg
Medal record

Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye (born 10 December 1993) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.[1] She competed in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[2] where she won the gold medal[3] and at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships where she won a bronze medal.[4][5] She won the silver medal at the women's freestyle 55 kilograms 2017 World Wrestling Championships.[6]

  1. ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Adekuoroye, Adeniyi win wrestling gold". 360 nobs website. 31 July 2014.
  3. ^ Foley, Tim (30 July 2014). "Nigeria impresses on second day of wrestling at Commonwealth Games". United World Wrestling. Switzerland. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. ^ "2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ Omaku, Cephas (10 September 2015). "Wrestling: Adekuoroye Wins World Championships Bronze, Advances to Rio Games". Information Nigeria website. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  6. ^ Tunde Eludini (23 August 2017). "Wrestling: Nigeria's Adekuoroye wins silver at World Championship". Premium Times.