Baraladei Daniel Igali is a Canadian freestyler wrestler who is an Olympic gold medallist. He lives in Surrey, British Columbia.
Nigeria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Emmanuel Okoli is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Okoli finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics with teammates Hassan Bosso, Sunday Bada and Udeme Ekpeyong.
The boxing tournaments at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester took place from July 26 to August 3 at the Forum Centre, and the Manchester Evening News Arena.
Chioma Chukwuka is a Nigerian actress and movie producer. In 2007 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for "Best Actress in a leading role", and the Afro Hollywood award for best actress in a lead role in 2010.
Amelia Okoli was a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event during her career. Okoli represented Nigeria at the 1964 Olympic Games. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 1965 All-Africa Games. Okoli finished tenth in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games high jump.
Mariam Usman is a Nigerian weightlifter. She competes in the women's +75 kg class, where she is a four-time African Champion and gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games. She also won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships and has competed in three editions of the Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in 2008.
Weightlifting is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1950. It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games.
Muhammad Inam is a wrestler from Gujranwala, Pakistan. He won the country's second gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Bronze medal at the 2014 Asian beach Games, gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games, gold medal at the 2016 Asian Beach Games, Silver medal at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship, gold medal at the 2017 World Beach Wrestling Championships, gold medal at the 2018 World Beach Wrestling Championships, Silver medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship.
Pooja Dhanda is an Indian wrestler from Gudana village of Hisar district in Haryana, who won the silver medal in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, and 2018 Commonwealth Games. In August, 2019, she was honoured with the Arjun Award.
Obisia Nwankpa is a Nigerian professional light/light welterweight boxer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s who won Nigerian lightweight title, African Boxing Union light welterweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title against Saoul Mamby, his professional fighting weight varied from 135 lb, i.e. lightweight to 139 1⁄4 lb, i.e. light welterweight.
Sean Ugochukwu "Ugo" Okoli is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for Orange County SC in the USL Championship.
Emmanuel Arinze Ifeajuna was a Nigerian army major and high jumper. He was the first Black African to win a gold medal at an international sports event when he won at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. His winning mark and personal best of 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) was a games record and a British Empire record at the time.
Obioma Okoli is a Nigerian weightlifter. She competed in the women's 63 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.
Odunayo Adekuoroye is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She competed in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal and at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships where she won a bronze medal. She won the silver medal at the women's freestyle 55 kilograms 2017 World Wrestling Championships.
Curtis Onaghinor is a Nigerian male weightlifter, competing in the 105 kg category and representing Nigeria at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 105 kg event.
Olushola Friday is a Nigerian male weightlifter, competing in the 94 kg category and representing Nigeria at international competitions. He participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 94 kg event.
Utazi Godfrey Chukwuka is a Nigerian politician. He is the senator representing Enugu North senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate. He is a senator of the 8th and 9th republic of the National Assembly in Nigeria respectively. Chukwuka was first elected on June 9, 2015.
The Nigerian name Chioma may refer to:
Ebikewenimo Welson is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. He won three medals at the Commonwealth Games: in 2010 he won the silver medal in the men's 55 kg event and he repeated this in 2014 with the silver medal in the men's 57 kg event. In 2018 he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 57 kg event.
