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Remember the name: Temitope Ogunjimi.

Phonetically speaking, it’s Tay-mee-Toe-Pay. Which, to hear her describe it, is “Amy with a ’T’” … and the ‘e’ in “Temitope” has an accent.

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“So it comes out of the back of your throat when you say it,” she explains.

She shrugs.

“Some people ask me if it’s French,” the 22-year-old says with a chuckle. “I’m like, ‘No, it’s Nigerian.’”

Then, there’s her surname: Oh-Gun-Jimmy.

“That one is easier,” she adds.

She is Canadian. She is one of the most decorated athletes to emerge from the University of Calgary. She is a wrestling and rugby standout, nominated for the BLG Award recognizing the top female and male U SPORTS athletes in the country.

And she is one to watch and remember as the current cycle begins ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Potentially beyond, if things go her way.

Rugby.

Or wrestling.

Or both?

“The main question everyone asks is which one, because eventually I probably will to have to choose between rugby and wrestling,” Ogunjimi said, following a 90-minute strength workout at WinSport’s Performance Training Centre. “You can’t do both at a super high level and they’re both summer sports so you can’t go the Olympics for both of them.