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Ruel Ishaku

Personal information

Born

11 January 1967 (age 57)
Nigeria

Sport

Powerlifting

Medal record

Representing Nigeria

Paralympic Games
Powerlifting
	2004 Athens	Men's 48kg
	2008 Beijing	Men's 48kg
Commonwealth Games
Powerlifting
	2006 Melbourne	Men's Open

Ruel Ishaku (born 11 January 1967) is a Nigerian Paralympic gold medal-winning powerlifter.

Biography

Ishaku was born in 1967 in Nigeria. He suffers from poliomyelitis which means he has to walk with the use of crutches.

Career

Ishaku made his debut at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He competed in the Men's up to 48 kg but did not record a valid lift.

He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and won bronze in the same event. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics he won the gold medal.

Ishaku competed in and won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in powerlifting. It was the only weightlifting event that Nigeria was allowed to enter as the nation was banned from able-bodied lifting when three of its lifters infringed anti-doping rules.^[1]

Biography

Career

References