Isabelle Sambou

Isabelle Sambou (born 20 October 1980, in Mlomp Haer) is a Senegalese freestyle wrestler.

[1] She competed in the freestyle 48 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she advanced to the bronze medal match, where she was defeated by Canadian wrestler Carol Huynh.

Sambou was defeated by the eventual bronze medalist, Natalya Synyshyn of Azerbaijan, in the repechage.

She began coaching young female wrestlers, causing Mlomp to become one of the few areas in Senegal where it is acceptable for women to wrestle.

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