Marwa Al-Amri (, born 8 January 1989) is a

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. She was born in

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. She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the

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and

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. She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.

Career

At the 2008 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she lost in the first round to

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. At the 2012 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she defeated

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in the qualifications and was eliminated by

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in the 1/8 finals. She improved yet again at the 2016 Olympics, in the 58 kg category. Although she lost to

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in the first round, she was entered into the repechage because Icho reached the final. In the repechage she beat

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, and then

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in her bronze medal match. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships. She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Tunisia at the

in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco. A few months later, she also won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the

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held in Oran, Algeria. She competed in the 62 kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. She won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Early life and education

Amri is the oldest of four children. Her father died when she was nine. She took up wrestling when she was 11. Despite a lack of funding, facilities and female training partners, Amri persevered, attending World and African championships through government funding. She has a degree in physical education.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amri, Marwa 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Tunis Tunisian female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Tunisia Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Tunisia Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Tunisia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Tunisia Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Wrestlers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Wrestlers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games African Games bronze medalists for Tunisia African Games bronze medalists in wrestling Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 African Games Wrestlers at the 2019 African Games World Wrestling Championships medalists African Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Tunisian sportswomen

Career

Early life and education

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