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Nnamdi Chinecherem Prosper (born 12 July 2002) is a Nigerian Javelin athlete. [1]
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Nnamdi Chinecherem Prosper (born 12 July 2002) is a Nigerian Javelin athlete. [1]
In 2021, Chinecherem won the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw event at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi Kenya. [2] [3]
This record made him the first Nigerian athlete to win an award at a field medal since the last championship where Esther Aghatise won a medal in 2002. [4] [5]
In 2022, he made up the list of athletics from Nigeria selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [6]
He was one of the flagbearer alongside Folashade Oluwafemiayo during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. [7] [8]
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