VERBEEK Tonya < Back  
Sport Wrestling - Freestyle
CGA Canada   
Gender Women
Born 14 Aug 1977 in Grimsby, CAN
Height1.65 m
Weight 59 kg
Human Interest
Further Personal Information
Residence Thorold, ON, CAN
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team Brock University Wrestling Club: St. Catharines, ON, CAN
Further Personal Information
Higher education Leisure Management - Brock University: St. Catharines, ON, CAN
General Interest
Hobbies Weightlifting, reading. (FILA, 10 Jul 2008)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport? While in grade 11 her school announced it would start a wrestling team so she and a friend decided to try out..
General Interest
Awards and honours She won Canada's first medal in women's wrestling, a silver, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (Team Canada Pan American Guide 2007)

She was named Female Athlete of the Year at Brock University in 2001, 2002 and 2005. (Team Canada Pan American Guide 2007)
Sport Specific Information
Name of coach Marty Calder
When and where did you begin this sport? She started wrestling in 1993.
Further Personal Information
Occupation Teacher
Languages English