Career
Jessey also trained for his native Bayelsa State"s wrestling club under his personal coach Jackson Bidei. Following his immediate sporting success, Jessey went on to celebrate a boastful victory for the Nigerians, as he beat Algeria"s Farid Hanoun for the gold in the same class at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Jessey qualified for the Nigerian squad, as a lone wrestler, in the men"s welterweight class (66 kg).
Earlier in the process, he placed sixth at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, but managed to fill up an entry by the International Federation of Association Wrestling through a tripartite invitation.
Jessey lost his opening match 1–3 to South of Korea"s Baek Jin-kuk, and then lost to Japan"s Kazuhiko Ikematsu on a pin with a minute remaining. He was ranked penultimate out of 22 wrestlers in the final standings.
