Ike Okoli
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 23, 1988 Columbia, SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Beach wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of South Carolina (NCWA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ike Okoli (born March 23, 1988) is a beach wrestler who is a 3x U.S. Beach Wrestling Nationals/ World Team Trials champion at +90 kg. Winning in 2013[1][2] 2014 and 2015[3][4] At the 2014 FILA (now known as the UWW or United World Wrestling) Beach World Championships in Katerini, Greece where he earn the bronze medal as a member of the USA World Beach Team with a record of 4 - 1. Okoli was the only world beach medalist of the U.S. delegation in 2014 after suffering travel delays due to inclement weather.[5]
In 2015, Okoli won gold in the first UWW Pan American Beach Wrestling Championship, where he beat an opponent from Colombia in a best-of three series. Okoli won in two straight matches by 3-0 margins, he was the only U.S. athlete entered in the competition, which featured athletes from Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and the United States.[6] Okoli is of Nigerian descent.
Okoli wrestled at Brookland-Cayce High School in Cayce, South Carolina.[7] He later became a 2x NCWA All American for the University of South Carolina.[8][9] In 2013, Okoli help South Carolina to a 2nd place finish behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the NCWA Division II National Team Standings[10]
Prior to South Carolina, Okoli played football for Mount Union University for one season.[11]
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMxhOuP8VgQ
- ↑ Immel, Richard. "14 wrestlers qualify for Worlds". USA Wrestling.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn49JeAtv2U
- ↑ Abbott, Gary. "World medalist Okoli repeats as Beach Nationals champion with record field at Carolina Beach, N.C.".
- ↑ Davidson, Rusty. "Ike Okoli of the USA wins bronze medal as Greece dominates Beach Worlds". USA Wrestling.
- ↑ Abbott, Gary. "Okoli wins gold at first Pan American Beach Championships held in Colombia".
- ↑ http://scmat.com/SCWrestlingRecords2.htm
- ↑ http://ncwaalumni.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/5/4/12543370/2012.jpg
- ↑ Farrell, Scott. "NCWA National Championship Notes & Preview". The Open Mat.
- ↑ Farrell, Scott. "Cal Baptist wins second NCWA title in three years". InterMat Wrestling.
- ↑ http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/fball/2007-08/files/roster
