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)

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. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  4. "Women's Half Lightweight (78kg/172 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 11 December 2012.


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