Para powerlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Para powerlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre
Dates	10 April
Competitors	33 from 11 nations
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Para powerlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre in the Gold Coast, Australia on April 10. A total of 2 men's and 2 women's events were contested. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	4	2	0	6
2	England	0	1	2	3
3	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
4	India	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	3	11

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's lightweight details [3]	Rolland Ezuruike   Nigeria	224.3 pts	Paul Kehinde   Nigeria	219.9 pts	Ali Jawad   England	182.7 pts
Men's heavyweight details [4]	Abdulazeez Ibrahim   Nigeria	191.9 pts	Jong Yee Khie   Malaysia	188.7 pts	Sachin Chaudhary   India	181.0 pts
Women's lightweight details [5]	Esther Oyema   Nigeria	141.6 pts [a]	Lucy Ejike   Nigeria	134.1 pts	Zoe Newson   England	106.1 pts
Women's heavyweight details [7]	Ndidi Nwosu   Nigeria	110.4 pts	Louise Sugden   England	89.2 pts	Not awarded (only 4 entries)

Participating nations

There are 11 participating nations in para powerlifting with a total of 33 athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

•   Australia  (5)
•   England  (6)
•   India  (4)
•   Kenya  (3)
•   Malaysia  (2)
•   Nigeria  (6)
•   Rwanda  (1)
•   Scotland  (1)
•   Singapore  (1)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   Wales  (3)

Notes

1. Oyema set a new world record of 131 kg in the women's 50 kg weight category during this event. ^[6]

References

1. "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
2. "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
3. "Medallists of the men's lightweight powerlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 10 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2021.
4. "Medallists of the men's heavyweight powerlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 10 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2021.
5. "Medallists of the women's lightweight powerlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 10 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2021.
6. "Results of the women's lightweight powerlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 10 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2018.
7. "Medallists of the women's heavyweight powerlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 10 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2021.

External links

• Results Book – Powerlifting Archived 24 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine