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Ruth Ogbeifo
Personal information
Born (1972-04-18) 18 April 1972 (age 52)
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney – 75 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Athens – 75 kg

Ruth Ogbeifo (born 18 April 1972) is a Nigerian weightlifter.

At the 1999 World Championships in the 75 kg category she won bronze medals in snatch, clean and jerk, and overall.[1][2]

She competed in the 75 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal, with 245.0 kg in total.[3][4][5]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Weight on their shoulders". BBC Sport Online. 17 August 2000. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  2. ^ "World Championships Women: -75 kg". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007.
  3. ^ "Colombia picks up historic gold". BBC Sport Online. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Urrutia lifts 245kg, gold and Colombia". CNN Sports Illustrated. Agence France-Presse. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Ruth Ogbeifo". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2009.


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