Joy Ogbonne Eze

Joy Ogbonne Eze (born 6 June 2004) is a Nigerian weightlifter. She is a two-time gold medalist at the African Games. She also won the gold medal in the women's 64kg event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. She represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

She represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 64kg event. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.

She won the bronze medal in the clean & jerk event in the women's 71kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She finished in 6th place in this competition. As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

She competed in the women's 71kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she lifted 100 kg in the Snatch. She did not register a result in the Clean & Jerk.

She won the gold medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana. In 2024, she competed in the women's 71kg event at the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She lifted 232 kg in total and placed seventh.

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