Danielle Lappage

Danielle Suzanne Lappage (born 24 September 1990)[1] is a wrestler competing for Canada. She won a gold medal in the 63 kg freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[2] She finished in 5th place at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships.

Danielle Lappage
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1990-09-24) 24 September 1990
Olds, Alberta, Canada
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubBurnaby Mountain Wrestling Club
Coached byDave McKay
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Budapest65 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coast68 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Glasgow63 kg
Francophone Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Nice63 kg

Sports career

In 2010 Lappage was crowned world junior champion at 63 kg.[3]

In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[4][5] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished in 16th place after losing to Yuliya Tkach in the qualification round.[6]

She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] She competed in the women's freestyle 68 kg event.[8]

Personal life

Lappage is a graduate of Simon Fraser University and the University of Calgary Faculty of Law.[9]

References
  1. Glasgow 2014 profile
  2. "Canada wins 2 more wrestling golds at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  3. "Danielle Lappage". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Gillespie, Kerry (23 June 2016). "Canadian wrestlers keep getting up off the mat". Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Toronto Star. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. "Canadian Wrestling Team Nominated for Rio 2016". www.wrestling.ca/. Wrestling Canada. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. "Women's Freestyle 63 kg". 2016-09-22. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  7. Campbell, Glenn (2021-02-10). "Canadian Olympic wrestlers want to battle for medals at Summer Games in Tokyo". Calgary. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  8. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. 23 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  9. "Silver medal: Done. Danielle Lappage's next challenge: Final exams at University of Calgary". 16 May 2018.
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