Flora Ugwunwa

Flora Ugwunwa
Personal information
Born	26 June 1984 (age 40)
Sport
Country	Nigeria
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Paraplegia
Disability class	F54
Events	Discus throw; Javelin throw;
Medal record
Paralympic Games
World Championships
African Games

Flora Ugwunwa (born 26 June 1984) is a Nigerian Paralympic athlete competing in F54-classification events.^[1] She represented Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw F54 event.^[1] She also set a new world record of 20.25m at this event.^[2]

She qualified to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after winning the silver medal in the women's javelin throw F54 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Flora Ugwunwa". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "No. 23 Nigeria most successful African nation at Rio 2016". International Paralympic Committee. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview - Women's javelin throw F54". paralympic.org. Retrieved 25 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

Flora Ugwunwa at the International Paralympic Committee
Flora Ugwunwa at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)

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[paralympic_bio-1] "Flora Ugwunwa". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[new_world_record_rio_2016-2] "No. 23 Nigeria most successful African nation at Rio 2016". International Paralympic Committee. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[world_para_2019_javelin_results_f54-3] "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview - Women's javelin throw F54". paralympic.org. Retrieved 25 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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