Tonya Verbeek

Tonya Verbeek
Verbeek (far left) in 2012
Personal information
Born (1977-08-14) 14 August 1977
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubBrock 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.