Ogbonna John

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Ogbonna Emmanuel John (born 3 December 1997) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. He is a gold medalist at the African Games and a four-time gold medalist at the African Wrestling Championships. He is also a bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games.

Career

At the African Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal in his event four times: in 2017 and 2018 (in the weight class 70 kg) and in 2019 and 2020 (in the weight class 74 kg).{{Cite news|url=https://guardian.ng/sport/ogbonna-john-stars-as-nigerian-men-win-four-medals-on-final-day/|title=Ogbonna John stars as Nigerian men win four medals on final day|date=11 February 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 February 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090348/african-wrestling-championship-freestyle|title=Kherbache delivers home success on final day of African Wrestling Championships|date=9 February 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=11 February 2020}}

John was eliminated in his first match in both the 70 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France and in the 74 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf|title=2017 World Wrestling Championships|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}} In 2019, he represented Nigeria at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_wrestling-athlete-profile-n1008629-john-ogbonna-emmanuel.htm|title=Ogbonna John Athlete Profile|website=2019 African Games|access-date=11 February 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf|title=2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707163602/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf|archive-date=7 July 2020}}

In 2021, John won a gold medal at the Baraza Champion of Champions wrestling tournament held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.{{Cite news|last=Ifetoye|first=Samuel|date=18 January 2021|title=Adekuoroye, Ogbonna, others shine|work=The Guardian|url=https://guardian.ng/sport/adekuoroye-ogbonna-others-shine/|access-date=4 February 2021}} A few months later, he competed at the African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He lost his first match against Amr Reda Hussen of Egypt which meant that he could no longer qualify for the Olympics at this tournament.{{Cite web|title=2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf|archive-date=5 May 2021|access-date=5 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} He also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

John won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=22 May 2022 |title=Algeria earn four golds on final day of African Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123507/algeria-four-golds-african-wrestling |access-date=23 May 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS |archive-date=22 May 2022 |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 74 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=6 August 2022 |title=Phogat completes Commonwealth Games hat-trick with another wrestling gold |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126690/phogat-third-commonwealth-games-title |access-date=6 August 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Competition Summary |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-08-06/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806191350/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-08-06/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2022 |access-date=6 August 2022 |website=2022 Commonwealth Games}}