Editing Daniel Igali (section)

==Wrestling career==
As captain of the Nigerian wrestling team, Igali came to [[Canada]] to compete in the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]]. He remained in the country while seeking refugee status due to political unrest in Nigeria. He acquired citizenship in 1998.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Daniel Igali |url=https://bcsportshall.com/honoured_member/daniel-igali/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=BC Sports Hall of Fame |language=en-CA}}</ref>

Igali enrolled at [[Douglas College]] before transferring to [[Simon Fraser University]] to study [[criminology]]. He represented SFU from 1997 to 1999, winning three straight [[NAIA Men's Wrestling Championship|NAIA Championships]] and finishing with a 116-0 record in [[collegiate wrestling]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Igali |url=https://athletics.sfu.ca/honors/hall-of-fame/daniel-igali/37 |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Simon Fraser University Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2009-03-09 |title=CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY |url=http://naiahonors.com/records/WrestlingUpdatedChamp.pdf |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=NAIA Honors}}</ref> Additionally, Igali earned [[All-American#Wrestling|All-American]] honours three times and the two Gorriaran Awards (1997, 1999) for most pins in the least total time.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame - Daniel Igali |url=https://wrestling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2010-hof-daniel-igali.pdf |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Wrestling Canada Lutte}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuel Gorriaran |url=https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/66 |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=nwhof.org}}</ref>

At the [[2000 Summer Olympic Games|2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], Igali won a gold medal for [[Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 69 kg|men's 69&nbsp;kg freestyle wrestling]]. At the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in Manchester, Igali won a gold medal in the Men's 74&nbsp;kg freestyle wrestling. In 2007, Igali was inducted into the [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Daniel Igali|url=http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=490|website=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=5 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070453/http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=490|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was later inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame Inductees Announced |url=https://olympic.ca/2012/06/12/canadian-olympic-hall-of-fame-inductees-announced/ |website=olympic.ca |access-date=February 20, 2019 |date=June 12, 2012}}</ref>

His wrestling career is highlighted in a television documentary directed by [[Joel Gordon]] called, "Wrestling with Destiny: The Life and Times of Daniel Igali". The [[biography|biographical]] [[documentary film]] was broadcast by [[CBC Television]] in 2004 as an episode of the ''[[Life and Times (TV series)|Life and Times]]'' TV series.<ref>{{cite news|title=A teacher must grapple with the idea of playing a villain|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/a-teacher-must-grapple-with-the-idea-of-playing-a-villain/article18261012/|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=10 August 2018}}</ref>

Igali became the first elected president of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation in 2013,<ref name=afrosportNOW-2024-04-04>{{cite web |url=https://afrosportnow.com/daniel-igali-canadas-olympic-gold-medallist-redefining-wrestling-in-nigeria/ |title= Daniel Igali: Canada's Olympic gold medallist redefining wrestling in Nigeria |author= Afrosport |date= 4 April 2024 |publisher= Afrosport &ndash; AfrosportNow }}</ref> creating the highest morale athletes for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and highest medal hopefuls for Nigeria at the Games. The [[Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Nigerian team]] has otherwise lacklustre morale outside of wrestling.<ref name=GuardianNigeria-2018-03-03>{{cite news |url= https://guardian.ng/sport/nigerian-heroes-of-the-winter-olympics/ |title= Nigerian heroes of the Winter Olympics |author= Segun Odegbami |date= 3 March 2018 |publisher= The Guardian &ndash; Nigeria }}</ref> In September 2022, Igali was elected as a board member of UWW (United World Wrestling) for a five year term.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127907/igali-uww-bureau | title=Olympic champion Igali among seven elected to UWW Bureau | date=10 September 2022 }}</ref>