Tonya Verbeek

Tonya Verbeek
Verbeek (far left) in 2012
Personal information
Born (1977-08-14) 14 August 1977
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubBrock Wrestling Club
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 55 kg
2012 London 55 kg
2008 Beijing 55 kg
World Championships
2011 Istanbul 55 kg
2005 Budapest 55 kg
2009 Herning 55 kg
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi 59 kg
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo 55 kg
2011 Guadalajara 55 kg
2007 Rio De Janeiro 55 kg

Tonya Lynn Verbeek (born 14 August 1977) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Verbeek was the first woman to win a wrestling medal for Canada when she took silver in 2004, she added to that with a bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a second silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She has also won two bronze and a silver at the world championships and has a bronze and silver from the Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games respectively.

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