Rafiatu Lawal

Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (born 12 November 1996) is a Nigerian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[2] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rafiatu Folashade Lawal
Personal information
Born (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWeightlifting
Weight class59 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 59 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 59 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 59 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nairobi 59 kg

Career

At the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[2][3] She also won the gold medal in both the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[2] She also set a new African record of 93 kg in the Snatch event.[4]

She competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[5] She finished in 6th place in this competition.[5] The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event.[6][7] As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8]

She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1][9] She also set new Commonwealth Games records in the Snatch (90 kg), Clean & Jerk (116 kg) and Total (206 kg).[10]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan59 kg899292610811211572076
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia59 kg95100100512012513072256
Commonwealth Games
2022England Birmingham, England59 kg909495—110115116—2061st place, gold medalist(s)
African Games
2019Morocco Rabat, Morocco59 kg9093951st place, gold medalist(s)1111151171st place, gold medalist(s)2101st place, gold medalist(s)
African Championships
2021Kenya Nairobi, Kenya59 kg8890921st place, gold medalist(s)1091111151st place, gold medalist(s)2011st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan59 kg899292—108112115—2071st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. Palmer, Dan (31 July 2022). "Nigerian breaks three records as India win two weightlifting golds at Birmingham 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  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. "Records Broken". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. "Day 5 – 2021 IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships". IWF. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  10. "Women Records Broken" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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