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Joy Ogbonne Eze

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Joy Ogbonne Eze
Personal information
Born (2004-06-06) 6 June 2004 (age 20)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
  • 64 kg
  • 71 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 64 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 71 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nairobi 64 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ismailia 71 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Tunis 71 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 71 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

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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

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024 Paris, France 71 kg 95 101 105 — 120 127 131 — 232 7
World Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 95 100 104 9 118 127 130 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 230 6
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 71 kg 100 100 105 17 122 127 132 15 227 14
IWF World Cup
2024 Phuket, Thailand 71 kg 103 103 106 16 131 136 138 5 239 8
African Games
2019 Rabat, Morocco 64 kg 95 95 97 1st place, gold medalist(s) 111 116 121 1st place, gold medalist(s) 218 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Accra, Ghana 71 kg 90 95 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 117 — — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 207 1st place, gold medalist(s)
African Championships
2021 Nairobi, Kenya 64 kg 88 92 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 100 110 110 1st place, gold medalist(s) 198 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Tunis, Tunisia 71 kg 97 102 105 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 120 120 125 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 227 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Ismailia, Egypt 71 kg 100 104 104 1st place, gold medalist(s) 130 135 135 1st place, gold medalist(s) 234 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham, England 71 kg 95 100 103 — 125 125 125 — DNF —
Commonwealth Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 95 100 104 — 118 127 130 — 230 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  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. ^ a b c "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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