Leopoldina Ross Davyes (born 20 June 1976 in Bissau) is an amateur Guinea-Bissauan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category.[1] Ross captured a gold medal in the same division at the 2000 African Wrestling Championships, and later represented Guinea-Bissau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2] During her sporting career, she has been training for the Wrestling Club of Sportschool in Bissau under her personal coach Alberto Pereira.
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| Full name | Leopoldina Ross Davyes | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Guinea-Bissauan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1976 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Guinea-Bissau | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Wrestling Club of Sportschool | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Alberto Pereira | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ross qualified for her Guinea-Bissau squad in the women's 48 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a continental berth from the African Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[3] She received two straight losses and no classification points in a preliminary pool match against France's Angélique Berthenet and Mongolia's Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal, finishing thirteenth overall out of fourteen wrestlers.[4]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leopoldina Ross". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ "African Championships: 2003-05-18 Cairo (EGY) – Women's Freestyle 48kg". International Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Women's Freestyle 48kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
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