Joy Ogbonne Eze

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Joy Ogbonne Eze
Personal information
Born (2004-06-06) 6 June 2004 (age 17)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWeightlifting
Weight class64 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 64 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nairobi 64 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 71 kg

Joy Ogbonne Eze (born 6 June 2004)[1] is a Nigerian weightlifter. She is a gold medalist in the women's 64 kg event at both the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.

Career[]

She represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 64 kg event.[2][3] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.

She won the bronze medal in the clean & jerk event in the women's 71 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4] She finished in 6th place in this competition.[4] She also set new youth records in the clean & jerk and in total.[4] The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event.[5] As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[6]

Achievements[]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 95 100 104 9 118 127 130 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 230 6
African Games
2019 Morocco Rabat, Morocco 64 kg 95 95 97 1st place, gold medalist(s) 111 116 121 1st place, gold medalist(s) 218 1st place, gold medalist(s)
African Championships
2021 Kenya Nairobi, Kenya 64 kg 88 92 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 100 110 110 1st place, gold medalist(s) 198 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 95 100 104 118 127 130 230 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "Start List – 2021 African Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). Weightlifting Federation of Africa. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

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