Baraladei Daniel Igali (born February 3, 1974) is a Nigerian-Canadian wrestler . He won Canada's first ever Olympic gold medal in wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics and remains Canada's only male Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.
11-450: [REDACTED] Look up igali in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Igali may refer to: People [ edit ] Daniel Igali (born 1974), Canadian freestyle wrestler Godknows Igali , Nigerian public servant, diplomat, author and scholar Places [ edit ] Igali, Republic of Dagestan , Russia Topics referred to by
22-593: A 116-0 record in collegiate wrestling . Additionally, Igali earned All-American honours three times and the two Gorriaran Awards (1997, 1999) for most pins in the least total time. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , Igali won a gold medal for men's 69 kg freestyle wrestling . At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Igali won a gold medal in the Men's 74 kg freestyle wrestling. In 2007, Igali
33-632: A candidate in Surrey-Newton for the British Columbia Liberal Party in the 2005 provincial election in British Columbia . He won the nomination, but was defeated by New Democrat opponent Harry Bains in the election. He completed a Master of Arts degree in criminology at Simon Fraser University , having previously attended Douglas College . While working on his master's degree, he trained at SFU and liked to help coach. Igali
44-572: Is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia , Canada. The riding was first created out of the two-member Surrey district , which had been in existence since 1966, and first returned members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the 1986 election . Surrey had always been a battleground between the NDP and Social Credit , trading back and forth between
55-806: Is currently the coach of the Nigerian National Wrestling Team. In November 2006 Igali was injured during a violent robbery while in Nigeria. In 2020, he was the president of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation. He is a two-term member of the Bayelsa State assembly and also its sports commissioner. In 2012, Igali was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine . Surrey-Newton (provincial electoral district) Surrey-Newton
66-623: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Daniel Igali As captain of the Nigerian wrestling team, Igali came to Canada to compete in the 1994 Commonwealth Games . He remained in the country while seeking refugee status due to political unrest in Nigeria. He acquired citizenship in 1998. Igali enrolled at Douglas College before transferring to Simon Fraser University to study criminology . He represented SFU from 1997 to 1999, winning three straight NAIA Championships and finishing with
77-534: The Nigeria Wrestling Federation , creating the highest morale athletes for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and highest medal hopefuls for Nigeria at the Games. The Nigerian team has otherwise lacklustre morale outside of wrestling. In September 2022, Igali was elected as a board member of UWW (United World Wrestling) for a five year term. On February 10, 2005, Igali announced that he would seek nomination as
88-608: The riding was won by the Liberals during their 2001 landslide victory , it has been a relatively safe NDP seat since the 2005 election . The riding is home to a large South Asian community, whose population grew tremendously in the city Surrey starting in the early 1990s. The shift towards the NDP can largely be attributed to the party's inroads in the Indo-Canadian community. Surrey-Newton has its entire southern half removed. Its MLA
99-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Igali . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Igali&oldid=1016529594 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
110-568: The two parties. The riding was represented by Premier Rita Johnston , who was a prominent Cabinet minister in the Vander Zalm government between 1986 and 1991. In 1991, Penny Priddy defeated Johnston in a realigning election that saw Social Credit experience massive defeats all across the province. During the NDP government from 1991 to 2001, Priddy emerged as a prominent Cabinet minister in portfolios such as Women's Equality, Tourism and Culture, Health, Labour and Children and Families. Although
121-604: Was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame . He was later inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2012. His wrestling career is highlighted in a television documentary directed by Joel Gordon called, "Wrestling with Destiny: The Life and Times of Daniel Igali". The biographical documentary film was broadcast by CBC Television in 2004 as an episode of the Life and Times TV series. Igali became president of
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