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Guinea-Bissauan freestyle wrestler
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. 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. 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. 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.

References

  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 byTalata Embalo Flagbearer for  Guinea-Bissau
Athens 2004 		Succeeded byAugusto Midana


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