Wrestler Erica Wiebe, who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2016 Olympics, announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday.
Wiebe claimed gold in the women's 75-kilogram weight class, defeating Kazakhstan’s Guzel Manyurova in the final, at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
"I have many memories of the training camps, the challenging workouts, and the many coffee chats with my coach Paul Ragusa. I was fortunate to have won a lot of big tournaments and I think winning the 2013 Poland Open and beating the reigning Olympic Champion was probably the moment in my career where I realized I could really be something.”
In addition to broadcasting with United World Wrestling, Wiebe was the voice of the 2023 Canadian team trials and will be back on the microphone in Ottawa for the national wrestling championships from Thursday to Sunday at TD Place.
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