Vivian Yusuf

Vivian Aminu Yusuf (born 8 August 1983) is a Nigerian judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category.[1] She won two silver medals at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco, both losing out to Tunisia's Houda Miled in the final match.[2]

Vivian Yusuf
Personal information
Full nameVivian Aminu Yusuf
Nationality Nigeria
Born (1983-08-08) 8 August 1983
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)78 kg
Coached byBashir Bassey (national)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place2007 Algiers 78 kg
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 Agadir 78 kg

Yusuf represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in The Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China, where she competed for the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg).[3] She received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to Germany's Heide Wollert, who was able to score an automatic ippon at thirty-seven seconds.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vivian Yusuf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. "African Championships Agadir, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. "Nigeria's only female judoka for Olympics leaves for overseas training". Xinhua News Agency. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  4. "Women's Half Lightweight (78kg/172 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 11 December 2012.


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