Vanessa Boubryemm

Vanessa Boubryemm (born 16 January 1982 in Tourcoing) is an amateur French freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's flyweight category.[1] She is a three-time national wrestling champion, a two-time medalist at the World Championships, and a three-time medalist for the 48 and 51 kg classes at the European Championships. She also won a gold medal in the women's 51 kg division at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain.[2] Boubryemm is a member of Lutte Club Tourcoing, and is currently coached and trained by Nodar Bokashvili.

Vanessa Boubryemm
Personal information
Nationality France
Born (1982-01-16) 16 January 1982
Tourcoing, France
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubLutte Club Tourcoing
Coached byGerard Santoro (2003–2010)
Nodar Bokashvili (2010– )
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  France
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2005 Almería51 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2005 Budapest51 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 Tokyo51 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 Moscow51 kg
Silver medal – second place2008 Tampere48 kg
Bronze medal – third place2005 Varna51 kg

Boubryemm represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 48 kg class. She defeated Venezuela's Mayelis Caripá and Russia's Zamira Rakhmanova in the preliminaries, before losing out the quarterfinal match to U.S. wrestler Clarissa Chun, with a two-set technical score (1–6, 2–6), and a classification point score of 1–3.[3][4]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vanessa Boubryemm". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. Hayoz, Gersende (1 July 2005). "Dans les journaux" [In newspapers] (in French). Ligue d'Athlétisme Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  3. "Women's Freestyle 48kg (105.5 lbs) Quarterfinal Official". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  4. Abbott, Gary (16 August 2008). "U.S. women's wrestling match summaries for Saturday, August 16". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
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