Zaineb Sghaier

Zaineb Sghaier
Zaineb Sghaier in 2018 (wearing black)
Personal information
Born (2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 22)
Sport
CountryTunisia
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
  • 72 kg
  • 76 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Tunisia
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Algiers 72 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Alexandria 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 El Jadida 72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Hammamet 72 kg

Zaineb Sghaier (born 25 September 2002) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the African Wrestling Championships. She represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

Sghaier competed in the girls' freestyle 65 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She finished in 7th place.

At the 2020 African Wrestling Championships held in Algiers, Algeria, Sghaier won the gold medal in the women's 72 kg event.[1] She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3] Sghaier competed in the women's freestyle 76 kg event.[4] She lost her first match, against eventual silver medalist Adeline Gray of the United States, and she was then eliminated in the repechage by Yasemin Adar of Turkey.[4] Adar won one of the bronze medals in the competition.[4]

In November 2021, Sghaier competed in the 72 kg event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[6] A few months later, Sghaier competed in the 76 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She was eliminated in her first match by eventual bronze medalist Kendra Dacher of France. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Tunis Ranking Series event held in Tunis, Tunisia.[7]

Sghaier won the bronze medal in her event at the 2023 African Wrestling Championships held in Hammamet, Tunisia.[8] She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2024 African Wrestling Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt. Sghaier also competed at the 2024 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in the same location and she earned a quota place for Tunisia for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9] She competed in the women's 76 kg event at the Olympics.[10]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2020 African Championships Algiers, Algeria 1st Freestyle 72 kg
2022 African Championships El Jadida, Morocco 2nd Freestyle 72 kg
2023 African Championships Hammamet, Tunisia 3rd Freestyle 72 kg
2024 African Championships Alexandria, Egypt 1st Freestyle 76 kg

References

  1. ^ "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ Shefferd, Neil (3 April 2021). "Hosts Tunisia claim four more Tokyo 2020 berths on day two of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  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. ^ "2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  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. ^ "2024 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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