Joseph Essombe

Joseph Émilienne Essombe Tiako (born 22 March 1988) is a Cameroonian wrestler. She competed in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Betzabeth Argüello.^[1][2]

Joseph Essombe

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Émilienne Essombe Tiako
Nationality	Cameroonian
Born	(1988-03-22) 22 March 1988 (age 37) Yaoundé, Cameroon
Sport
Country	Cameroon
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	53 kg / 57 kg
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Cameroon African Championships 2022 El Jadida 57 kg

In March 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2019 African Wrestling Championships. In 2019, she also represented Cameroon at the 2019 African Games and she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 53 kg event.

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2020 African Wrestling Championships.^[3][4] She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Cameroon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[5] She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 53 kg event.^[6]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.^[7][8]