General Information
Daniel Igali is a is a gold medalist Olympic wrestler. He won his gold medal in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Austrailia. He went to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. In Beijing he was a coach and a mentor for a pair of Nigerian wrestlers. Now Daniel Igali intends on opening a school in his village in Eniwari, Nigeria. He has earned a recent inductee into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
Biography
Baraladei Daniel Igali was born and was raised in Niger Delta, in the village of Eniwari, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. When he was 16 in the year of 1990 he wanted to become a wrestler. Daniel has 20 brothers and sisters so he had a lot of emotional support and he had a lot of people to train with. He knew he had talent so he entered the 1990 Senior National Wrestling Tournament and won. Years later Daniel became the African Champion after winning the 62kg weight class in Pretoria, South Africa, and Cairo and Egypt. Over three years Daniel's record of 116-0 in the college competition took him to victory. That wasn't the last of his acomplishments Daniel placed 4th at the 1998 World Championships in Tehran, Iran. In 1999, he placed second at the World Cup. In September 1999, Daniel became the first Canadian man to become to become a world wrestling champion after he defeated six people to win the gold medal in the men's 69 kilogram division at the world freestyle wrestling championships in Ankara, Turkey. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics when he was crowned a Olympic Champion. He dedicated his medal to his mother who passes away 1 year befor winning the medal. Daniel enjoyed play Kabaddi which is a East Indian sport, soccer and video games. Also he enjoys ready Mystery novels. Daniel is the president of Igali Foundation Inc.
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