Tonya Verbeek
Verbeek (far left) in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 August 1977 Grimsby, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling |
| Club | Brock Wrestling Club |
Medal record | |
Tonya Lynn Verbeek (born 14 August 1977) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Verbeek was the first woman to win a wrestling medal for Canada when she took silver in 2004, she added to that with a bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a second silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She has also won two bronze and a silver at the world championships and has a bronze and silver from the Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games respectively.