Daniel Igali captured the wrestling gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney in his weight class and was Canada’s first World freestyle champion in 1999.

Made the sweep complete by winning the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He is a five-time Canadian champion. Wrestling for Burnaby’s Simon Fraser University, Igali won every one of his 116 matches over three years capturing NAIA titles from 1996 to 1998.