Nnamdi Innocent

Nnamdi Innocent

Personal information
Born	(1980-09-30) 30 September 1980 (age 44)
Sport
Country	Nigeria
Sport	Paralympic powerlifting
Medal record Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 72 kg World Championships 2019 Nur-Sultan 72 kg Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Lightweight

Nnamdi Innocent (born 30 September 1980) is a Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter. ^[1] He represented Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the bronze medal in the men's 72 kg event. ^{[1] [2]} In 2021, he did not perform a successful lift in the men's 72 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. ^{[3] [4]}

He won the gold medal in the men's 72 kg event at the 2018 African Para Powerlifting Championships held in Algiers, Algeria. ^[5] At the 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he won the bronze medal in the men's 72 kg event. ^{[6] [7]}

He won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.

Results

Year	Venue	Weight	Attempts (kg)			Total	Rank
			1	2	3
Summer Paralympics
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	72 kg	203	210	215	210
2021	Tokyo, Japan	72 kg	200	200	200	–	NM
World Championships
2017	Mexico City, Mexico	72 kg	180	190	204	190	5
2019	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	72 kg	190	200	202	190

References

1. "Nnamdi Innocent". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 26 December 2019.
2. Winters, Max (11 September 2016). "Ejike claims Rio 2016 powerlifting gold to end Egyptian Omar's dominance". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 11 September 2016.
3. "Men's 72 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
4. "Powerlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
5. Diamond, James (12 August 2018). "World record performance ends African Para Powerlifting Championships in Algiers". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 12 August 2018.
6. "Men's up to 72kg Results" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2020.
7. Monye, Alex (25 July 2019). "Nigeria returns from World Para-Powerlifting Championship as second best team". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

External links

• Nnamdi Innocent at Paralympic.org