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Full name | Chika Joy Amalaha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Abia State, Nigeria | 28 October 1997 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft (152 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 53 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Evelyn Timothy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 9 January 2022 |
Chika Joy Amalaha (born 28 October 1997) is a Nigerian weightlifter. In 2019 she tested positive for metenolone and has been banned from competing until 2027 by the International Weightlifting Federation. [2]
Amalaha won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, [3] and set a new Games records in 53 kg weight category in both the snatch and overall elements.
She later failed a drug test, [4] and was temporarily banned from continuing the Games on 29 July 2014 after Amiloride and Hydrochlorothiazide were found in her A sample. Her B sample was then sent for testing the following day, which returned positive for prohibited substances. [5] Following the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) scheduled meeting with Amalaha on 1 August 2014, she was stripped of her medal and the Games record she set was revoked. [6] As a result, Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea was awarded gold, and Santoshi Matsa and Swati Singh, both from India, were awarded silver and bronze respectively.
Amalaha was subsequently handed a two-year doping ban. The ban ended 25 July 2016. [7]