Wang Jiao (wrestler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wang Jiao (wrestler)

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1988

Place of Birth: Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Wang Jiao (wrestler)

  • Wang Jiao (simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??; pinyin: Wáng Jiao, born 20 January 1988, Shenyang, Liaoning) is a female Chinese freestyle wrestler who won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
  • She was a late replacement for Xu Wang.
  • She beat Jenny Fransson in the first round, Ali Bernard in the quarter-finals and Kyoko Hamaguchi in the semi-finals before beating Stanka Zlateva in the gold medal match.She competed again at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was less successful.
  • She beat Amarachi Obiajunwa in her first match and Svetlana Saenco in the quarterfinals before losing to Nataliya Vorobyova in the semifinals.
  • Because Vorobyova reached the final, Wang entered the repechage, but lost her bronze medal match to Guzel Manyurova.

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