I have double personality - Adekuoroye

The winner of the 2018 Wrestler of the Year at Nigerian Sports Awards, Odunayo Adekuoroye, yesterday said she was a different personality in sport and in person. Adekuoroye, a silver medalist at the last Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that she reserved person.

The soft-spoken Adekuoroye, who beat others, John Emmanuel and Blessing Oburududu to the award, said that wrestling was what brought her to limelight hence, she was grateful to the sport.

“Wrestling is what brought me to the limelight and it is what I have been engaging in over a period of time; however, I have a different personality aside from being a was naturally a wrestler.

“I am a different person from a wrestler on the mat to the person at home. I believe that wrestling is my chosen career and something I have been into for a very long time.

“As I said, I have a different personality being a wrestler, because I am not violent, my character as a wrestler on the mat is different from Adekuoroye as a person.

“I am a God-fearing person, lovable and accommodating, but I love the sport and will continue to give my best for the country,” she said.

Adekuoroye said that she was humbled by the award she received at the 7th Nigerian Sports Awards, adding that she it was a great privilege for her.

“I am so humbled by the award given to me by the Nigerian Sports Awards; I want to say that it was a worthwhile recognition,” she said. (NAN)