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Nigerian Paralympic athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi (born 19 November 1973)[1][2] is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category F57/58 shot put and discus throw events. She has competed at four paralympics taking two gold, a silver and two bronze medals.[3]
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Full name | Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi |
Born | 19 November 1973 50) | (age
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Iyiazi competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There, she won a gold medal in both the women's shot put F57/F58 event and the women's discus throw F57/F58 event.[3] At the Beijing Paralympics, Iyiazzi set the world and Paralympic record for the F58 class in shot put[2] and discus.[4]
Iyiazi took a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She threw 27.54 meters to again take the discus bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] She won a bronze medal at 2020 Summer paralympic games.[5][6]
She won a gold medal in the women's F55-57 shot put at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham on 6 August 2022 with a throw of 10.03meters. It was Nigeria's eighth gold medal at the 2022 CWG. [7]
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