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| Born | 6 June 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Joy Ogbonne Eze (born 6 June 2004)[1] is a Nigerian weightlifter. She is a two-time gold medalist at the African Games. She also won the gold medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.
Career
[edit]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]
She competed in the women's 71 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she lifted 100 kg in the Snatch. She did not register a result in the Clean & Jerk.
She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[7] In 2024, she competed in the women's 71 kg event at the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[8] She lifted 232 kg in total and placed seventh.
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 2024 | Paris, France | 71 kg | 95 | 101 | — | 120 | 127 | 131 | — | 232 | 7 | |
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 71 kg | 95 | 100 | 9 | 118 | 127 | 130 |  |
230 | 6 | |
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 71 kg | 100 | 17 | 122 | 127 | 15 | 227 | 14 | |||
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| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 71 kg | 103 | 16 | 131 | 136 | 5 | 239 | 8 | |||
| African Games | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rabat, Morocco | 64 kg | 95 | 97 |  |
111 | 116 | 121 | |
218 |
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| 2024 | Accra, Ghana | 71 kg | 90 | — | |
117 | — | — | |
207 |
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| African Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Nairobi, Kenya | 64 kg | 88 | — | |
100 | 110 | |
198 |
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| 2023 | Tunis, Tunisia | 71 kg | 97 | 102 |  |
120 | 125 | |
227 |
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| 2024 | Ismailia, Egypt | 71 kg | 100 | 104 | |
130 | |
234 |
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| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Birmingham, England | 71 kg | 95 | 100 | — | — | DNF | — | ||||
| Commonwealth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 71 kg | 95 | 100 | — | 118 | 127 | 130 | — | 230 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Start List – 2021 African Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). Weightlifting Federation of Africa. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "2023 African Games Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Joy Ogbonne Eze at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Joy Ogbonne Eze at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Joy Ogbonne Eze at Olympics.com
