Joy Ogbonne Eze

Joy Ogbonne Eze
Personal information
Born (2004-06-06) 6 June 2004
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 64 kg
  • 71 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Rabat64 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Accra71 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Nairobi64 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Ismailia71 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Tunis71 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tashkent71 kg

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. She represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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.

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

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024Paris, France71 kg95101105N/a120127131N/a2327
World Championships
2021Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg9510010491181271303rd place, bronze medalist(s)2306
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 71 kg100100105171221271321522714
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand71 kg1031031061613113613852398
African Games
2019Rabat, Morocco64 kg9595971st place, gold medalist(s)1111161211st place, gold medalist(s)2181st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Accra, Ghana71 kg9095—1st place, gold medalist(s)117——1st place, gold medalist(s)2071st place, gold medalist(s)
African Championships
2021Nairobi, Kenya64 kg8892—1st place, gold medalist(s)1001101101st place, gold medalist(s)1981st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Tunis, Tunisia71 kg971021052nd place, silver medalist(s)1201201252nd place, silver medalist(s)2272nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024Ismailia, Egypt71 kg1001041041st place, gold medalist(s)1301351351st place, gold medalist(s)2341st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games
2022Birmingham, England71 kg95100103N/a125125125N/aDNF—
Commonwealth Championships
2021Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg95100104N/a118127130N/a2301st 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. 1 2 3 "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.
  7. ↑ "2023 African Games Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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