Personal information | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | 29 April 2004 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Shot put |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | Shot put: 18.91 m (Lexington, 2025) |
Medal record |
Nina Chioma Ndubuisi (born 29 April 2004) is a German shot putter. She was European under-20 champion in 2023 and European under-23 champion 2025. [1]
From Schorndorf, she is a member of SG Schorndorf. She won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, with a throw of 15.71 metres, and finished the year as the world best for an under-18 athlete after throwing the U18 three-kilogram shot put 18.59 meters at the German Youth Championships in Rostock in August. [2] [3]
She won a gold medal at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, with a best shot put of 17.97 metres. [4] The under-20 world leader, she was nominated for European Athletics Rising Star Award in 2023. [5]
Competing for the University of Texas she improved her personal best in the shot put to 18.04 metres in February 2024 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. [6] She placed fourth overall at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships. [7]
She made a new personal best of 18.91m in winning the SEC Conference final in Lexington in May 2025. [8] [9] She threw 18.50 metres to place third at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2025. [10]
She won a gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in the shot put, leading the German team to a 1-2-3 in the event with Jolina Lange and Helena Kopp, winning with a best throw on the day of 17.73m. [11]