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Baraladei Daniel Igali (born February 3, 1974 in Eniwari, Bayelsa State, Nigeria) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler who is an Olympic gold medallist. He lives in Surrey, British Columbia.

Daniel Igali
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney69 kg
World Championships
Ankara 199969 kg

Wrestling career


As captain of the Nigerian wrestling team he 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.

In Canada, Igali won 116 consecutive matches wrestling at Simon Fraser University from 1997 to 1999. He placed fourth at the 1998 world championships. He finished second at the 1998 World Cup and won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. He was coached by Nasir Lal, two-time Canadian olympian from Afghanistan.

At the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Igali won a gold medal in the Men's 69 kg freestyle wrestling. He represented Canada at the world stage. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Igali won a gold medal in the Men's 74 kg freestyle wrestling. In 2007, Igali was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[1] He was later inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2012.[2]

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.[3]

Igali became president of 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.[4] In September 2022, Igali was elected as a Board Member of UWW (United World Wrestling) for a five year term. [5]


Politics


On February 10, 2005, Igali announced that he would seek nomination as 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.


Personal


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 is currently[when?] the coach of the Nigerian National Wrestling Team.[6]

In November 2006 Igali was injured during a violent robbery while in Nigeria.[7] In 2020, he was the president of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation.[8] He is a two-term member of the Bayelsa State assembly and also its sports commissioner.[9][10]

In 2012, Igali was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.[11]


References


  1. "Daniel Igali". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. "Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Inductees Announced". olympic.ca. June 12, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  3. "A teacher must grapple with the idea of playing a villain". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. Segun Odegbami (3 March 2018). "Nigerian heroes of the Winter Olympics". The Guardian – Nigeria.
  5. "Olympic champion Igali among seven elected to UWW Bureau". 10 September 2022.
  6. "TheStar.com - Beijing Olympics 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-09-30.
  7. B.C. Olympic gold medallist Daniel Igali was stabbed and beaten by four armed robbers while visiting Nigeria, the country of his birth. Archived 2016-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Nigeria welcomes Olympics delay, but financial fallout worries athletes". 26 March 2020.
  9. "DANIEL IGALI: My Life in the Ring, Parliament and Back in the Ring". 18 August 2019.
  10. "Igali rolls out plans for sports development in Bayelsa". 14 September 2020.
  11. "Canada's Top 25 Immigrants 2012". Canadian Immigrant. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

На других языках

- [en] Daniel Igali

[fr] Daniel Igali

Daniel Baraladei Igali (né le 3 février 1974 dans l'État de Bayelsa au Nigeria) est un lutteur canadien spécialiste de la lutte libre. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2000 et devient champion olympique. Arrivé au Canada en tant que capitaine de l'équipe nigériane de lutte lors des Jeux du Commonwealth de 1994, il y demande l'asile et devient Canadien en 1998.

[it] Daniel Igali

Baraladei Daniel Igali (3 febbraio 1974) è un lottatore canadese di origini nigeriane.

[ru] Игали, Даниэль

Бараладей Даниэль Игали (англ. Baraladei Daniel Igali); 3 февраля 1974 (1974-02-03), деревня Энивари, штат Байельса, Нигерия — нигерийский и канадский борец вольного и греко-римского стиля, чемпион Олимпийских игр, чемпион мира, двукратный чемпион Африки, чемпион Нигерии 1990, 1991, 1993 и 1994 годов, чемпион Канады 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 годов по вольной борьбе, чемпион Нигерии 1991 и 1993 годов, чемпион Канады 1997 и 1999 годов по греко-римской борьбе[1][2]. Первый олимпийский чемпион по борьбе из спортсменов, представлявших Канаду и первый чернокожий африканец — олимпийский чемпион по борьбе.[3]. Известен также как игрок международного уровня в кабадди, даже носил прозвище «Майкл Джордан в кабадди», но прекратил занятия в пользу борьбы.


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