Christine Nordhagen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Christine Nordhagen
Occupation	Amateur Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Jun 26, 1971(1971-06-26)
Age	53
Birthplace	Grande Prairie
Country	Canada
Birth City	Alberta
Horoscope	Gemini

Christine Nordhagen Biography

Christine Nordhagen is one of the most popular and richest Amateur Wrestler who was born on June 26, 1971 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Christine Nordhagen (born June 26 1971, in Valhalla, Alberta) is an Albertan Canadian Former wrestler.

Nordhagen and the former World Champion cyclist Tanya Dubnicoff were among several female athletes retiring who were recruited into a specific training program offered through the Coaching Association of Canada to aid in the retention and transfer of skills to a new generation. In 2006, as well as being a full-time an inspirational speaker and role model for the students (under their sponsorship by Alberta Oil and Gas companies) Nordhagen started instructing Canadian female juniors.

Nordhagen helped get the women’s side of the sport into the Olympics for the first time at Athens in 2004, where she finished fifth.

Nordhagen first started winning titles at Canada’s first national championship in 1992. When she began competing at world championships in 1993, there were fewer than 150 Canadian women registered in wrestling. By the time she retired, there were more than 4,000 women, not counting non-registered girls at the high-school level, registered in wrestling, according to Greg Mathieu, executive director of the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association.

The 26th of June, 2006 her husband and long-time instructor, Leigh Vierling, received an email from Leigh Vierling for information Christine that she was selected as one of the class of 2006’s inductees into the international hall of fame for wrestling. Christine became one of the very first Canadian and the first woman to be selected to the hall of fame by the Federation Internationale de Luttes Associees (FILA) the world’s wrestling and Olympic supreme body. The ceremony was set to be held during the world championships for wrestling from September 23-October 2 in Guangzhou, China. The permanent exhibit of honorees are located at the Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Nordhagen was elected to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame & Museum in the month of May to honor her achievements in Wrestling.

Christine Nordhagen Net Worth

Christine Nordhagen is one of the richest Amateur Wrestler from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Christine Nordhagen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Nordhagen began her wrestling career at the age of 20, graduated from at the University of Alberta. She has been the recipient of six world championship gold medals in 1994, 1996 2000, and 2001 from Sofia, Bulgaria (70 kg freestyle for 1994 and 1996 75 kg in 2000 and 68 kg in 2001) 1997 in Clermont Ferrand, France, and 1998 in Poznan, Poland (both 68 kg). She also won a silver award at the 1993 Olympics in Stavern, Norway and a bronze medal in 1999 in Boden, Sweden (both 70 kg). In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she finished 5th in the 72kg freestyle for women. She was unable to compete for within a year of at the Athens Games.

Nordhagen is among nine wrestlers who were inducted for the class of 2006, which includes 30 individual world titles as well as eight Olympic gold medals.

“In a farm family, there’s a different perspective,” she said. “I had a mother who did everything my father did, because on a grain and cattle farm, things have to get done. . . . There were some gender stereotypes — she cooked more than my father did — but she also fixed machines, carried loads. It wasn’t an option for me to say I can’t do things because I’m female.”

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Christine Ranked on the list of most popular Amateur Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Christine Nordhagen celebrates birthday on June 26 of every year.