Daniel Igali: Athletic Milestones

2007 - Inducted in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

2004 – 6th place, Athens 2004 Olympics (Freestyle, 74 kg)

2003 – 11th place, world championships (Freestyle, 74 kg)

2002 – 5th place, world championships (Freestyle, 74 kg)

2002 – Commonwealth Games champion (Freestyle, 74 kg)

2002 – Canadian national champion (Freestyle, 69 kg)

2001 – 9th place, World championships (Freestyle, 69 kg)

2001 – Canadian champion (Freestyle, 69 kg)

2000 – OLYMPIC GOLD Medalist (Freestyle, 69 kg)

2000 – Canadian national champion (Freestyle, 69 kg)

1999 – World champion (Freestyle, 69 kg)

1999 – Silver medalist, world cup (Freestyle, 69 kg)

1999 – Canadian national champion (Greco Roman, 69 kg)

1999 – Canadian national champion (Freestyle, 69 kg)

1998 – 4th place, World championships (Freestyle, 69 kg)

1998 – Canadian gold medalist (Freestyle, 69 kg)

1997 – Canadian gold medalist (Greco Roman, 69 kg)

1997 – Canadian bronze medalist (Freestyle, 68 kg)

1996 – Canadian bronze medalist (Greco Roman, 68 kg)

1996 – Canadian silver medalist (Freestyle, 68 kg)

1994 – 11th place, Commonwealth Games, Victoria, B.C. Canada

1993, 1994 – African Champion (Freestyle 62 kg)

1993, 1991 – African silver and bronze medalist (Greco Roman 62 kg)

1994, 1993, 1991, 1990 –Nigerian national champion (Freestyle 62 kg)

1990 – 1993 – Nigerian national champion (Greco Roman 62 kg)


Related Achievements:

2000: recipient of the Lou Marsh Overall Canadian Athlete of the Year award

1999/2000: Canadian male athlete of the year

1999/2000: British Columbia male athlete of the year

1997 – 1999: Held the collegiate wrestling record – 116-0 – while competing for Simon Fraser University in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA)


Education:

2006 – Honorary doctorate of laws, conferred by Kwantlen College

2002 – present: M.A. candidate, criminology, Simon Fraser University

2001: Graduate, B.A., criminology, Simon Fraser University