Nigerian weightlifter, Lucy Ejike shattered the Paralympic and world record three successive times by winning gold for Nigeria.
Stargist.com presents 10 facts about the amazing paralympian.
See below:
1 Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike was born 16 October 1977.
2 Ejike uses a wheelchair due to polio.
3 She has represented Nigeria at five consecutive Paralympic Games from 2000 in Sydney through to 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
4 The champion, who began training as a powerlifter shortly before the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia competed at the Sydney Games in the 44 kg weight class taking the silver medal with a lift of 102.5 kg.
5 In 2004, at the Athens Games, while competing at the same weight class, she broke the Paralympic powerlifting world record twice on the way to winning the gold medal with a lift of 127.5 kg.
6 At the 2008 Beijing Games, Ejike moved up one weight class and took gold in the 48 kg event. She broke the world record with her first attempt, lifting 125 kg. She broke the record again with a second lift of 130 kg, but faltered while trying to lift 137.5 kg on her third attempt.
7 Ejike began her campaign at the Riocentro Pavillion 2 in 2016 with a successful attempt at 136.0kg, which was a new Paralympic Record (PR) and World Record (WR).
8 She set her second world record of the day with a weight of 138kg.
9 Ejike set her third world record of that day by culminating with a massive lift of 142.0kg to dominate the women’s -61kg event in Powerlifting.
10 Lucy Ejike has won three gold medals and two silver medals.
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