Baraladei daniel igali biography

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NationalityNigeria
Canada
Born(1974-02-03) February 3, 1974 (age 51)
Eniwari, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Baraladei Daniel Igali (born February 3, 1974) is a Nigerian-Canadian wrestler. He won Canada's first ever Olympicgold medal in wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics and remains Canada's only male Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.

Wrestling career

As captain of the Nigerian wrestling team, Igali came to Canada to compete in the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He remained in the country while seeking refugee status due to political unrest in Nigeria. He acquired citizenship in 1998.

Igali enrolled at Douglas College before transferring to Simon Fraser University to study criminology. He represented SFU from 1997 to 1999, winning three straight NAIA Championships and finishing with a 116-0 record in collegiate wrestling. Additionally, Igali earned All-American honours three times and the two Gorriaran Awards (1997, 1999) for most pins in the least total time.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Igali wo

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Daniel Igali

Baraladei Daniel Igali (born February 3, 1974) is a Nigerian-Canadian wrestler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Igali has received more than 87,786 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Daniel Igali is the 576th most popular wrestler (up from 632nd in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 133rd in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Wrestler.

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Among wrestlers, Daniel Igali ranks 576 out of 1,027. Before him are Alireza Dabir, Val Venis, Rasul Boqiev, Oren Smadja, Lisa Marie Varon, and Arsen Julfalakyan. After him are Keiji Suzuki, Bo Dallas, Jinder Mahal, Nataliya Synyshyn, Toghrul Asgarov, and Yasemin Adar.

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Daniel Igali

Nigerian-Canadian wrestler (born 1974)

Baraladei Daniel Igali (born February 3, 1974) is a Nigerian-Canadianwrestler. He won Canada's first ever Olympicgold medal in wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics and remains Canada's only male Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.

Wrestling career

As captain of the Nigerian wrestling team, Igali came to Canada to compete in the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He remained in the country while seeking refugee status due to political unrest in Nigeria. He acquired citizenship in 1998.[1]

Igali enrolled at Douglas College before transferring to Simon Fraser University to study criminology. He represented SFU from 1997 to 1999, winning three straight NAIA Championships and finishing with a 116-0 record in collegiate wrestling.[1][2][3] Additionally, Igali earned All-American honours three times and the two Gorriaran Awards (1997, 1999) for most pins in the least total time.[3][4][5]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Igali won a gold meda

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