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| Full name | Brigitte Wagner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-11-22)22 November 1983 (age 42) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Style | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SV Siegfried | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jürgen Scheibe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brigitte Wagner (born November 22, 1983, inFreising,West Germany) is a retired amateur German freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category.[1] Considering one of the world's top female freestyle wrestlers in her decade, Wagner has claimed a gold and a silver medal in the 48-kg division at theWorld Championships, and seized an opportunity to compete for Germany at the2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout her sporting career, Wagner trained full-time as a member of the wrestling squad for Siegfried Sports Club inHallbergmoos, under her coach and four-time Olympian Jürgen Scheibe.[2]
Wagner made sporting headlines, as an 18-year-old teen, at the2001 World Wrestling Championships inSofia, Bulgaria, where she took home the bronze medal in the women's 46-kg division.[3] Wagner's early success in wrestling blossomed her career, as she dominated both the2002 World and 2003 European Championships with two unprecedented gold medals produced in her hardware.[4][5]
When women's wrestling made its debut at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, Wagner seized her opportunity to compete in the inaugural48 kg class. Earlier in the process, she outclassed Russia's Liliya Kaskarakova to snatch both the trophy and Olympic ticket from the Olympic Qualification Tournament inTunis, Tunisia.[6][7] She was powerfully pinned by Japan'sChiharu Icho with only two seconds left in the second period during her opening match, but managed to score a 4–3 sudden-death victory over Canada'sLyndsay Belisle in the prelim pool. Despite missing a spot for the semifinals, Wagner wrestled her way to pin Mongolia'sTsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal in a consolation round, before losing out to Russia'sLorisa Oorzhak with a 1–3 decision for a fifth-place finish.[8][9]
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