Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Edidiong Joseph Umoafia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 September 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Edidiong Joseph Umoafia (born 24 September 2002)[1] is a Nigerian weightlifter. He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the weightlifting competition, being awarded the bronze medal[2][3] in the men's 67 kg event.[4]
Edidion previously competed at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, being awarded the silver medal in the men's 67 kg event. He was the second person to win a medal for his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5]