Rafiatu Folashade Lawal
Personal information
Born (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 27)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWeightlifting
Weight class59 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 59 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 59 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 59 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nairobi 59 kg

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] 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] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Career

At 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]

She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[11]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 59 kg 89 92 92 6 108 112 115 7 207 6
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg 95 100 100 5 120 125 130 7 225 6
Commonwealth Games
2022 England Birmingham, England 59 kg 90 94 95 — 110 115 116 — 206 1st place, gold medalist(s)
African Games
2019 Morocco Rabat, Morocco 59 kg 90 93 95 1st place, gold medalist(s) 111 115 117 1st place, gold medalist(s) 210 1st place, gold medalist(s)
African Championships
2021 Kenya Nairobi, Kenya 59 kg 88 90 92 1st place, gold medalist(s) 109 111 115 1st place, gold medalist(s) 201 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 59 kg 89 92 92 — 108 112 115 — 207 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Records Broken". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Women Records Broken" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  11. ^ "2023 African Games Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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