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| Full name | Enku Ewa Ekuta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1998 Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enku Ewa Ekuta (born 15 March 1998) is a Nigerian judoka who competed in the women's category. [1]
She competed for Nigeria at local and international Judo competitions. [2]
Ekuta hails from a family of Judokas. Her mum, Catherine Ekuta is a judoka who competed at international level for Nigeria while her dad Ewa Ekuta is a former Judoka who also exceled at National level. He is also part of the Nigeria Judo Federation. [3] [4]
At the 2020 African Judo Championships in Dakar, Ekuta competed in the 63 kg event and won a gold medal by defeating the 2019 African games champion and 2014 commonwealth silver medalist Hélène Wezeu Dombeu of Cameroun. [5] [6]
At the 2019 African Judo Championships held in cameroun, She won a silver medal in the 63 kg event. [7]
She also won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Judo Championships held in Senegal. [8]
She is also a National Youth Games champion and a Nigeria University Games gold medalist. [9] [10] [11]
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