Christianah Ogunsanya

Christianah Ogunsanya
Personal information
NationalityNigerian
Born (2002-01-12) January 12, 2002
Akure, Nigeria
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle wrestling
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Nigeria
African Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Hammamet 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Alexandria 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2025 Casablanca 53 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 53 kg

Christianah Tolulope Ogunsanya (born 12 January 2002) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler who competes in the 53 kg division.

Career

Christianah Ogunsanya represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 13th in the women's 53 kg event.[1] Ogunsanya placed 16th at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.[2]

She is a gold medalist at the 2023 African Games and a three-time African Wrestling Championships champion (2023, 2024, 2025).[3] As a junior, she also won the African Youth Games and the African Cadet Championships in 2018 and participated in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, placing 9th.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes: Christianah Tolulope Ogunsanya". Olympics.com. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Athletes-Results: Christianah Ogunsanya". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Ogunsanya, Christianah Tolulope". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Biographical information: Christianah Ogunsanya". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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