Hannah Rueben

Hannah Rueben
Personal information
Full nameHannah Amuchechi Rueben
NationalityNigerian
Born (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle Wrestling
Event-69 kg
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Nigeria
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 El Jadida 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Hammamet 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Alexandria 76 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 69 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 69 kg

Hannah Amuchechi Rueben (born 14 February 1994) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.[1] She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[2][3] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she competed in the Women's freestyle 69  kg.

In 2020, Rueben won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships.[4][5]

Rueben won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[6] She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia.[7][8]

She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2024 African Wrestling Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 African Games held in Ghana.

She competed in the women's 76 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Hannah Amuchechi Rueben". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (6 August 2022). "Phogat completes Commonwealth Games hat-trick with another wrestling gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ^ Olanowski, Eric (8 February 2020). "Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ^ "2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  7. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (19 May 2023). "Egypt and Algeria share Greco-Roman golds at African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  8. ^ "2023 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.


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