Eucharia Iyiazi
Iyiazi at London 2012 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameEucharia Njideka Iyiazi
Born19 November 1973 (1973-11-19) (age 50)
Medal record

Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi (born 19 November 1973)[1][2] is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category F57/58 shot put and discus throw events. She has competed at four paralympics taking two gold, a silver and two bronze medals.[3]

Iyiazi competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There, she won a gold medal in both the women's shot put F57/F58 event and the women's discus throw F57/F58 event.[3] At the Beijing Paralympics, Iyiazzi set the world and Paralympic record for the F58 class in shot put[2] and discus.[4]

Iyiazi took a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She threw 27.54 meters to again take the discus bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] She won a bronze medal at 2020 Summer paralympic games.[5][6]

She won a gold medal in the women's F55-57 shot put at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham on 6 August 2022 with a throw of 10.03meters. It was Nigeria's eighth gold medal at the 2022 CWG. [7]

References

  1. "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics" (PDF). jobosport.nl. 5 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "F58 Female Shotput 2008". iwasf.com. International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Yemi Olus (15 September 2016). "Resilient Eucharia Iyiazi wins Nigeria's 12th medal at Rio Paralympic Games". MakingOfChamps.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. "F58 Female Discus 2008". iwasf.com. International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  5. "Eucharia Iyiazi - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. Online, Tribune (11 September 2021). "How Nigeria clinched 4 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze at Tokyo Paralympics". Tribune Online. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. "CWG: Iyiazi wins gold in shot put as Nigeria claims 18th medal". TheCable. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.


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