Mercy Genesis

Miesinnei Mercy Genesis (born 20 September 1997) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's 50 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 -48 kg.

Mercy Genesis
Personal information
Full nameMiesinnei Mercy Genesis
NationalityNigerian
Born (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997
Sport
SportFreestyle Wrestling
Event(s)-48 kg
Medal record
Women's Wrestling
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 50 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Brazzaville 48 kg

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg beach wrestling event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar. She was stripped of her medal in February 2021 due to anti-doping rule violations.[4][5]

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 50 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships.[6][7]

She competed in the 50 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8]

References
  1. "Miesinnei Mercy Genesis". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  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. "ANOC disqualifies results of two beach wrestlers from ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 for anti-doping offences". Around the Rings. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. Gillen, Nancy (8 February 2021). "Iranian wrestler Rahmani set to be stripped of ANOC World Beach Games gold medal for doping". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. Olanowski, Eric (8 February 2020). "Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. "2020 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.


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