Chima Ugwu

Chima Ugwu (born 19 July 1973 in Enugu) is a Nigerian shot putter. He also competes occasionally in discus throw.

He competed at the 1996, 2000, 2004 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals.

His personal best throw is 20.26 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Lagos. This is the previous Nigerian record, and ranks him fifth in South Africans Janus Robberts, Burger Lambrechts and Karel Potgieter. [1]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Nigeria
1989	African Championships	Lagos, Nigeria	2nd	Shot put	16.76 m
1991	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	1st	Shot put	17.64 m
1992	African Championships	Belle Vue, Mauritius	1st	Shot put	18.50 m
1993	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	2nd	Shot put	18.07 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	26th (q)	Shot put	18.19 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	3rd	Shot put	19.26 m
1995	All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe	2nd	Shot put	18.55 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	25th (q)	Shot put	18.39 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	28th (q)	Shot put	18.00 m
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Shot put	19.02 m
			3rd	Discus throw	57.91 m
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	21st (q)	Shot put	19.11 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	5th	Shot put	18.46 m
			4th	Discus throw	59.19 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	23rd (q)	Discus throw	58.13 m
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	2nd	Shot put	18.66 m
			4th	Discus throw	62.26 m
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	5th	Shot put	18.42 m
			2nd	Discus throw	59.87 m
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	4th	Shot put	16.59 m
			3rd	Discus throw	51.56 m
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	5th	Shot put	17.16 m
			6th	Discus throw	53.75 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	6th	Shot put	15.77 m
			4th	Discus throw	50.84 m

External links

• Chima Ugwu at World Athletics