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| Full name | Brigitte Wagner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 November 1983 Freising, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SV Siegfried | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jürgen Scheibe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brigitte Wagner (born November 22, 1983, in Freising, West Germany) is a retired amateur German freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category.[1] Considering one of the world's top female freestyle wrestlers in her decade, Wagner has claimed a gold and a silver medal in the 48-kg division at the World Championships, and seized an opportunity to compete for Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout her sporting career, Wagner trained full-time as a member of the wrestling squad for Siegfried Sports Club in Hallbergmoos, under her coach and four-time Olympian Jürgen Scheibe.[2]
Wagner made sporting headlines, as an 18-year-old teen, at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she took home the bronze medal in the women's 46-kg division.[3] Wagner's early success in wrestling blossomed her career, as she dominated both the 2002 World and 2003 European Championships with two unprecedented gold medals produced in her hardware.[4][5]
When women's wrestling made its debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Wagner seized her opportunity to compete in the inaugural 48 kg class. Earlier in the process, she outclassed Russia's Liliya Kaskarakova to snatch both the trophy and Olympic ticket from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tunis, Tunisia.[6][7] She was powerfully pinned by Japan's Chiharu Icho with only two seconds left in the second period during her opening match, but managed to score a 4–3 sudden-death victory over Canada's Lyndsay Belisle in the prelim pool. Despite missing a spot for the semifinals, Wagner wrestled her way to pin Mongolia's Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal in a consolation round, before losing out to Russia's Lorisa Oorzhak with a 1–3 decision for a fifth-place finish.[8][9]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brigitte Wagner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Brigitte Wagner für die Welttitelkämpfe nominiert" [Brigitte Wagner nominated for the World Championships] (in German). Münchner Merkur. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "WM – Bronze für Ringerin Brigitte Wagner" [World Championships – Bronze for wrestler Brigitte Wagner] (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. 24 November 2001. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Japan dominates women's wrestling; U.S. takes two medals". USA Today. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Ringen: Deutsches Team übertrifft Überwartungen" [Wrestling: German team surpasses about maintenance] (in German). Rheinische Post. 4 May 2003. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (14 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. in women's freestyle". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Deutsche Stars: Brigitte Wagner (Ringen)" [German stars: Brigitte Wagner (wrestling)] (in German). Stuttgarter Nachrichten. 4 August 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Wrestling: Women's Freestyle 48kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (23 August 2004). "McMann wins silver medal and Miranda wins bronze medal for United States in Olympic women's wrestling". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.