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Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter

Loveline Obiji
Personal information
NationalityNigerian
Born (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990 (age 34)
Umueze Anam, Nigeria
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportPowerlifting
Event+61 kg
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
Women's Powerlifting
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 82.5 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo +86 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow +61 kg
Updated on 11 October 2014

Loveline Obiji (born 11 September 1990) is a Nigerian powerlifter. She competed in the women's +61 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.

At the 2014 World Championships she was the 86 kg 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.

References

  1. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. "Obiji lifts gold No 5 for Nigeria". Niger Showbiz. UK. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. Lewis, Daniel (2 August 2014). "Loveline Obiji powers to gold with world record lift". Sports Mole. UK. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. Egypts Randa Mahmoud's World Record Lift, Paralympic.org, Retrieved 14 September 2016


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