Goodness Nwachukwu
Appearance
![]() Nwachukwu at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Goodness Chiemerie Nwachukwu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 6 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Goodness Chiemerie Nwachukwu (born 6 October 1998)[1] is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the discus.
Career
[edit]She won the gold medal in the Women's Discus F42 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, setting a new world record for the discipline of 36.56m.[2] She broke her own world record of 32.95m, previously set at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Tunis.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Goodness Chiemerie Nwachukwu". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Nwachukwu delights the crowd at Birmingham 2022". World Para Athletics. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Results Book 2021 Tunis WPA Grand Prix" (PDF). Paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
External links
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Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Nigerian female discus throwers
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- 21st-century Nigerian women
- Nigerian athletics biography stubs