Aminat Adeniyi
Nigerian freestyle wrestler
- Born
- 21 April 1993, Akure
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Sport
- wrestling
- Occupation
- amateur wrestler
- Height
- 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
- Weight
- 58 kg (128 lb)
Aminat Oluwafunmilayo Adeniyi (born 21 April 1993) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She competed in the women's freestyle 58 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.
She has been the National Champion in Wrestling in Nigeria since 2009 till date, a feat that has never been achieved by anyone in Nigeria. In 2010, she competed in Junior African Championship in Egypt, where she won a gold medal. She further continued her quest for glory when she competed in Senior African Wrestling Championship in Morocco in 2012, where she was a silver medalist.
In 2013, Aminat Adeniyi was also a Nigerian sportswoman representative to the Commonwealth Championship in South Africa, where she won a silver medal. She equally participated in the Senior African Wrestling Championship in Tunisia, 2014, where she was crowned African champion of her category. Her international achievement outside the shore of Africa was in Commonwealth Championship in the same 2014 Glasgow, Scotland, where she won gold.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – women's freestyle 58 kg | 1st place (gold) | |
| wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – women's freestyle 62 kg | 1st place (gold) | |
| wrestling at the 2015 African Games | 2015 | |
| wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – women's freestyle 58 kg | 2016 | 16th place |
| wrestling at the 2019 African Games | 2019 | |
| wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's freestyle 62 kg | 2021 | 16th place |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q18324508 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.