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
2019 Rabat 64 kg
African Championships
2021 Nairobi 64 kg
Commonwealth Championships
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]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg9510010491181271302306
African Games
2019 Rabat, Morocco64 kg959597111116121218
African Championships
2021 Nairobi, Kenya64 kg8892—100110110198
Commonwealth Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg95100104118127130230

References
  1. "Start List – 2021 African Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). Weightlifting Federation of Africa. Retrieved 24 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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