Daniel Igali
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Daniel Igali (born February 3, 1974 in Eniwari, Nigeria) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. He began wrestling in 1990 and is a graduate of Simon Fraser University. He won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 69 kg category and won a gold medal at the 1999 world championships in Ankara, Turkey in the same category.
On February 10, 2005, Igali announced that he would seek nomination as a candidate in Surrey-Newton for the British Columbia Liberal Party in the 2005 provincial election in British Columbia. He won the nomination, but was defeated by New Democrat opponent Harry Bains in the election.
The election was marred by controversy in the final weekend, with conflicting allegations about the source of pamphlets encouraging people to vote "pretty brown" (Bains is Indo-Canadian) instead of "ugly black".
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Categories: 1974 births | Living people | Canadian sport wrestlers | Olympic wrestlers of Canada | Canadian athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Canadian athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Canadian Olympic gold medalists | Black Canadians | British Columbia sportspeople | People of Nigerian heritage