Tonya Lynn Verbeek


Country
Birth date
Age
14/08/1977 - GRIMSBY (CAN) 
35
Height
Weight
Gender
165 cm / 5'5" 
55 kg / 121 lbs 
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Sport
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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
2Freestyle 55 kg2004Athens, GRE
3Freestyle 55 kg2008Beijing, CHN
World Championships
2Freestyle 55 kg2011Istanbul, TUR
3Freestyle 55 kg2009Herning, DEN
3Freestyle 55 kg2005Budapest, HUN
5Freestyle 59 kg2010St. Petersburg, RUS
Pan American Games
2Freestyle 55 kg2011Guadalajara, MEX
World Cup
1Freestyle 55 kg2012Tokyo, JPN
2Freestyle 55 kg2009Taiyuan, CHN

Hobbies

Weightlifting, reading. (FILA, 10 Jul 2008)

Occupation

Teacher

Education

Leisure Management - Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, CAN

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Brock University Wrestling Club, St. Catharines, ON, CAN

Coach

Marty Calder (olympic.ca, 22 Sep 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She started wrestling in 1993. (FILA, 10 Jul 2008)

Reason for taking up this sport
While in grade 11 her school announced it would start a wrestling team so she and a friend decided to try out.. (browsebiography.com, 2011)

Awards
She won Canada's first medal in women's wrestling, a silver, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (Team Canada Pan American Guide 2007)

She was named Female Athlete of the Year at Brock University in 2001, 2002 and 2005. (Team Canada Pan American Guide 2007)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004


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