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Leopoldina Ross

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Leopoldina Ross
Personal information
Full nameLeopoldina Ross Davyes
NationalityGuinea-Bissauan
Born (1976-06-20) 20 June 1976 (age 48)
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Guinea-Bissau
SportWrestling
StyleFreestyle
ClubWrestling Club of Sportschool
CoachAlberto Pereira
Medal record
Representing  Guinea-Bissau
Women's Freestyle wrestling
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Tunis 46 kg

Leopoldina Ross Davyes (born 20 June 1976 in Bissau) is an amateur Guinea-Bissauan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category.[1] Ross captured a gold medal in the same division at the 2000 African Wrestling Championships, and later represented Guinea-Bissau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2] During her sporting career, she has been training for the Wrestling Club of Sportschool in Bissau under her personal coach Alberto Pereira.

Ross qualified for her Guinea-Bissau squad in the women's 48 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a continental berth from the African Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[3] She received two straight losses and no classification points in a preliminary pool match against France's Angélique Berthenet and Mongolia's Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal, finishing thirteenth overall out of fourteen wrestlers.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leopoldina Ross". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ "2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. ^ "African Championships: 2003-05-18 Cairo (EGY) – Women's Freestyle 48kg". International Wrestling Database. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Women's Freestyle 48kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Guinea-Bissau
Athens 2004
Succeeded by