Full name Vivian Aminu Yusuf Event(s) 78 kg | Weight 78 kg (172 lb) Nationality Nigeria Name Vivian Yusuf | |
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Born 8 August 1983 (age 41) ( 1983-08-08 ) Coached by Bashir Bassey (national) |
Vivian Aminu Yusuf (born August 8, 1983) is a Nigerian judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category. She won two silver medals at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco, both losing out to Tunisia's Houda Miled in the final match.
Yusuf represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg). She received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to Germany's Heide Wollert, who was able to score an automatic ippon at thirty-seven seconds.
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