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Full name | Edidiong Joseph Umoafia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 September 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Edidiong Joseph Umoafia (born 24 September 2002) [1] is a Nigerian weightlifter. He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the weightlifting competition, being awarded the bronze medal [2] [3] in the men's 67 kg event. [4]
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Nigeria's Edidiong Umoafia won bronze on 290kg.
with Edidiong Umoafia of Nigeria getting the bronze medal.