Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (born 12 November 1996) is a Nigerian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] She represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[2]
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| Born | 12 November 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 59 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Career
editAt the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[2][3] She also won the gold medal in both the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[2] She also set a new African record of 93 kg in the Snatch event.[4]
She competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[5] She finished in 6th place in this competition.[5] The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event.[6][7] As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8]
She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1][9] She also set new Commonwealth Games records in the Snatch (90 kg), Clean & Jerk (116 kg) and Total (206 kg).[10]
In March 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[11] In August 2024, she competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[12] She finished in fifth place with 230 kg in total.[12]
Achievements
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 59 kg | 100 | — | 130 | — | 230 | 5 | ||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 59 kg | 89 | 92 | 6 | 108 | 112 | 115 | 7 | 207 | 6 | |
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 59 kg | 95 | 100 | 5 | 120 | 125 | 7 | 225 | 6 | ||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 59 kg | 96 | 101 | 7 | 121 | 126 | 7 | 227 | 8 | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Birmingham, England | 59 kg | 90 | — | 110 | 115 | 116 | — | 206 | 
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| African Games | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rabat, Morocco | 59 kg | 90 | 93 | |
111 | 115 | 117 | |
210 |
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| 2024 | Accra, Ghana | 59 kg | 85 | — | — | |
105 | — | — | |
190 |
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| African Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Nairobi, Kenya | 59 kg | 88 | 90 | |
109 | 111 | |
201 |
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| 2023 | Tunis, Tunisia | 59 kg | 91 | 95 | |
115 | 122 | |
217 |
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| 2024 | Ismailia, Egypt | 59 kg | 95 | |
115 | 119 | |
214 |
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| Commonwealth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 59 kg | 89 | 92 | — | 108 | 112 | 115 | — | 207 |
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References
edit- ^ a b Palmer, Dan (31 July 2022). "Nigerian breaks three records as India win two weightlifting golds at Birmingham 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Records Broken". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Day 5 – 2021 IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships". IWF. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Women Records Broken" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "2023 African Games Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
