Nigeria at the Paralympics

Nigeria at the Paralympics
IPC code	NGR
NPC	Nigeria Paralympic Committee
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 36 Silver 18 Bronze 16 Total 70
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Nigeria made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. It sent a delegation of six male athletes to compete in track & field, powerlifting and table tennis.^[1]

History[]

Nigeria made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona when they sent a delegation of six men to compete in track & field, powerlifting and table tennis.^[2] won two gold medals in sprint, while Monday Emoghawve obtained one in powerlifting.^[2] Nigeria has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, though it has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.^[3]

Medals[]

Medals by Summer Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1960 Rome Did not participate 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel Aviv Heidelberg 1972 Toronto 1976 Arnhem 1980 New York 1984 - Stoke Mandeville 1984 Seoul 1988 Barcelona 1992 6 3 0 0 3 21 Atlanta 1996 8 3 2 3 8 21 Sydney 2000 31 7 1 5 13 23 Athens 2004 14 5 4 3 12 23 Beijing 2008 28 4 4 1 9 29 London 2012 27 6 5 2 13 23 Rio de Janeiro 2016 23 8 2 2 12 30 Tokyo 2020 22 4 1 5 10 33 Paris 2024 Future Event Los Angeles 2028 Brisbane 2032 Total 36 18 16 70 36

Medals by Winter Games[] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Örnsköldsvik 1976 Did not participate Geilo 1980 Innsbruck 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 Turin 2006 Vancouver 2010 Sochi 2014 Pyeongchang 2018 Beijing 2022 Future event Total 0 0 0 0 −

Medals by Summer Sport[] Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics 13 3 2 18 Powerlifting 21 15 12 48 Table tennis 2 0 2 4 Total 36 18 16 70

Medals by Winter Sport[] Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Total 0 0 0 0

Medallists[]

Nigeria made its Paralympic debut at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, where they claimed three gold medals.^[4][5]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 100m TS4
Gold		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 200M TS4
Gold	Monday Emoghawve	1992 Barcelona	Powerlifting	Men's 48 kg
Gold		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 100m T45-46
Gold		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 200m T45-46
Gold	Monday Emoghawve	1996 Atlanta	Powerlifting	Men's 60 kg
Silver		1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's long jump F45-46
Silver	Abraham Obaretin	1996 Atlanta	Powerlifting	Men's 48 kg
Bronze	Johnson Sulola	1996 Atlanta	Powerlifting	Men's 52 kg
Bronze	Patrick Akutaekwe	1996 Atlanta	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
Bronze		1996 Atlanta	Table tennis	Women's open 1-5
Gold		2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's javelin F58
Gold	Monday Emoghawve	2000 Sydney	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
Gold	Iyabo Ismaila	2000 Sydney	Powerlifting	Women's 48 kg
Gold	Victoria Nneji	2000 Sydney	Powerlifting	Women's 60 kg
Gold	Patricia Okafor	2000 Sydney	Powerlifing	Women's 67.5 kg
Gold	Tajudeen Agunbiade	2000 Sydney	Table Tennis	Men's singles class 9
Gold	Tajudeen Agunbiade Tunde Adisa Femi Alabi	2000 Sydney	Table Tennis	Men's team class 9
Silver	Lucy Ejike	2000 Sydney	Powerlifting	Women's 44 kg
Bronze	Stephen Davou	2000 Sydney	Powerlifting	Men's 56 kg
Bronze		2000 Sydney	Powerlifting	Women's 52 kg
Bronze		2000 Sydney	Powerlifting	Women's 75 kg
Bronze	Faith Igbinehin	2000 Sydney	Powerlifting	Women's +82.5kg
Bronze	Femi Alabi	2000 Sydney	Table tennis	Men's singles class 9
Gold	Adekundo Adesoji	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 100m T12
Gold	Adekundo Adesoji	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 200m T12
Gold	Adekundo Adesoji	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 400m T12
Gold	Silver Ezeikpe	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's javelin F58
Gold	Lucy Ejike	2004 Athens	Powerlifting	Women's 44 kg
Silver	Eucharia Iyiazi	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's javelin F56-58
Silver		2004 Athens	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
Silver	Ijeoma John	2004 Athens	Powerlifting	Women's 40 kg
Silver	Patience Aghimile	2004 Athens	Powerlifting	Women's 56 kg
Bronze	Ruel Ishaku	2004 Athens	Powerlifting	Women's 48 kg
Bronze		2004 Athens	Powerlifting	Women's 75 kg
Bronze	Grace Anozie	2004 Athens	Powerlifting	Women's +82.5kg
Gold	Eucharia Iyiazi	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put F57/58
Gold	Eucharia Iyiazi	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's discus F57/58
Gold	Lucy Ejike	2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Women's 48 kg
Gold	Ruel Ishaku	2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Men's 48 kg
Silver	Adekunle Adesoji	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 100m T12
Silver		2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
Silver	Grace Anozie	2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Women's +82.5kg
Silver		2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Women's 67.5kg
Bronze	Patience Aghimile	2008 Beijing	Powerlifting	Women's 60 kg
Gold	Yakubu Adesokan	2012 London	Powerlifting	Men's 48 kg
Gold	Ivory Nwokorie	2012 London	Powerlifting	Women's 44 kg
Gold	Esther Oyema	2012 London	Powerlifting	Women's 48 kg
Gold	Joy Onaolapo	2012 London	Powerlifting	Women's 52 kg
Silver	Ikechukwu Obichukwu	2012 London	Powerlifting	Men's 52 kg
Silver	Anthony Ulonnam	2012 London	Powerlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Folashade Oluwafemiayo	2012 London	Powerlifting	Women's 75 kg
Silver	Ifeanyi Nnajiofor	2012 London	Powerlifting	Men's 60 kg
Silver	Lucy Ejike	2012 London	Powerlifting	Women's 56 kg
Bronze	Eucharia Iyiazi	2012 London	Athletics	Women's shot put F57-58
Bronze	Victoria Nneji	2012 London	Powerlifting	Women's 67.5 kg
Gold	Roland Ezuruike	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Men's 54 kg
Gold	Paul Kehinde	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Men's 65 kg
Gold	Lauritta Onye	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's shot put F40
Gold	Lucy Ejike	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Women's 61 kg
Gold	Ndidi Nwosu	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Women's 73 kg
Gold	Bose Omolayo	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Women's 79 kg
Gold	Josephine Orji	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Women's +86 kg
Silver	Latifat Tijani	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Women's 45 kg
Silver	Esther Oyema	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Women's 55 kg
Bronze	Nnamdi Innocent	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Powerlifting	Men's 72 kg
Bronze	Eucharia Iyiazi	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's discus throw F57

See also[]

• Nigeria at the Olympics

References[]