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Full name | Edidiong Joseph Umoafia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 September 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 67 kg 73 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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, winning the bronze medal [2] [3] in the men's 67 kg event. [4]
Edidiong previously competed at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, winning the silver medal in the men's 67 kg event. He was the second person to win a medal for his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [5]
Nigeria's Edidiong Umoafia won bronze on 290kg.
with Edidiong Umoafia of Nigeria getting the bronze medal.