Samantha Stewart
Canadian freestyle wrestler (born 1989)
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Samantha Leigh Stewart (born 12 October 1989)[2] is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.[3][4] She won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[5][6]
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| Full name | Samantha Leigh Stewart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1989 (age 36) London, Ontario, Canada[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2022, Stewart won the bronze medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[7] She competed in the 53 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8]
Stewart has a bachelor of recreation and sport studies, a bachelor of arts with honours in psychology, and a Master of education in counselling from the University of New Brunswick.[1]
She has served as the executive director of Lutte New Brunswick Wrestling since 2021.[9]
Stewart is a lesbian, and is an advocate for LGBTQ rights.[10]
She lost to Helen Maroulis at RAF 02 on October 25, 2025, in a match that crowned the inaugural RAF Women's Flyweight Champion.[11]
