Joy Ogbonne Eze

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.

Joy Ogbonne Eze
Personal information
Born (2004-06-06) 6 June 2004
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

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]

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.

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg9510010491181271303rd place, bronze medalist(s)2306
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 71 kg100100105171221271321522714
Commonwealth Games
2022England Birmingham, England71 kg95100103—125125125——DNF
African Games
2019Morocco Rabat, Morocco64 kg9595971st place, gold medalist(s)1111161211st place, gold medalist(s)2181st place, gold medalist(s)
African Championships
2021Kenya Nairobi, Kenya64 kg8892—1st place, gold medalist(s)1001101101st place, gold medalist(s)1981st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg95100104—118127130—2301st 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. "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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