Loveline Obiji
Appearance
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Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Umueze Anam, Nigeria | 11 September 1990||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 11 October 2014 |
Loveline Obiji (born 11 September 1990) is a Nigerian powerlifter.[1] She competed in the women's +61 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.[2][3]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics she was the 86kg category gold medal briefly as Randa Mahmoud's r world record setting last lift was not allowed. However Mahmoud appealed and her lift was allowed giving her the gold medal and the world record. Obiji took the silver.[4]
References
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Obiji lifts gold No 5 for Nigeria". Niger Showbiz. UK. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Daniel (2 August 2014). "Loveline Obiji powers to gold with world record lift". Sports Mole. UK. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ Egypts Randa Mahmoud's World Record Lift, Paralympic.org, Retrieved 14 September 2016
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