Chika Amalaha
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| Birth name | Chika | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Amalaha Chika Joy | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1997[1] Abia State, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft (152 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 53 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Evelyn Timothy | ||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 25 July 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Chika Joy Amalaha (born 28 October 1997) is a Nigerian weightlifter.
2014 Commonwealth Games
Amalaha won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow,[2] and set a new Games records in 53 kg weight category in both the snatch and overall elements.
She later failed a drug test,[3] and was temporarily banned from continuing the Games on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 after Amiloride and Hydrochlorothiazide were found in her A sample. Her B sample was then sent for testing the following day, which returned positive to prohibited substances.[4] Following the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) scheduled meeting with Amalaha on Friday, August 1, 2014, she was subsequently stripped of her medal [5] As a result, Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea was awarded gold, Santoshi Matsa of India silver and Swati Singh, also of India, bronze.
Amalaha was subsequently handed a two-year doping ban. The ban ended July 25, 2016.[6]
References
- ^ http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/weightlifting/1014351/c_amalaha.html
- ^ http://results.glasgow2014.com/medalists.html/9003805[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/29/commonwealth-games-chika-amalaha-fails-doping-test
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/nigerian-weightlifter-stripped-of-gold-medal-after-positive-drug-test-1.1942259
- ^ International Weightlifting Federation: Sanctioned athletes Archived March 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, iwf.net. Retrieved 16 November 2014
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