Adijat Olarinoye
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| Full name | Adijat Adenike Olarinoye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 14, 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adijat Adenike Olarinoye (born 14 July 1999) is a Nigerian weightlifter.[1] She won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3] She represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games which is also her maiden African Games appearance and claimed three medals including two gold medals in women's 55 kg weightlifting event.[4][5][6]
She claimed gold medals in women's 55 kg and 55 kg clean jerk events along with a silver in 55 kg snatch event where she narrowly missed the gold medal to fellow compatriot Chika Amalaha.[7] However she emerged as the gold medalist in the overall women's 55 kg event while Chika Amalaha settled for the silver medal.[8] On 26 August 2019, Adijat also created a new African record in weightlifting in the clean and jerk category by lifting 116 kg during the 2019 African Games.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Weightlifting - Adijat Adenike Olarinoye (Nigeria)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (9 December 2021). "South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Medals Board". Africans Games Rabat 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ Editor (2019-08-27). "AAG 2019: Nigeria wins 6 gold medals in weightlifting". Newtelegraph. Retrieved 2019-08-27.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ^ "12th African Games: Nigeria win six gold medals in weightlifting". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ "Nigeriana Olarinoye conquista título panafricano en halterofilia". prensa-latina.cu. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ Eludini, Tunde (2019-08-26). "2019 African Games: Nigeria gets big boost as Weightlifters win six gold medals - Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ "Weightlifting 12th All African Games – Women 55 kg" (PDF). WFA. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
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