Hannah Reuben
Nigerian wrestler and soldier
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Hannah Reuben (born 14 February 1994) is a wrestler and corporal in the Nigerian Army who won a silver medal at the 2015 African Games.[1] She won a gold medal at the 2024 African/Oceania Olympic qualifiers and secured a place in the Paris 2024 Olympics after defeating Ivory Coast's Amy Youin in the 76 kg women's final.[2][3]
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| Full name | Hannah Amuchechi Reuben | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | -69 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Before going fully into wrestling, she has participated in other sports such as boxing, swimming and judo.[4]
Reuben started wrestling in 2008. Since the beginning of her wrestling career, she has competed in 69 kg at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Brazil, and African Championship in Hammamet, Tunisia.[5]
She has won several awards including gold medal in the 69 kg category at the Governor Dickson National Classics, her silver medal in the 2015 edition of the quadrennial championship which took place at Brazzaville.[6]
In 2023, she represented the Armed Forces of Nigeria at the 36th World Military Wrestling Championship in Azerbaijan, where she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg category.[7][8][9]
