Adijat Olarinoye

Adijat Olarinoye
Personal information
Full nameAdijat Adenike Olarinoye MON
NationalityNigerian
Born (1999-07-14) July 14, 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Country Nigeria
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
Women's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 55 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 55 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 55 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 59 kg

Adijat Adenike Olarinoye (born 14 July 1999) is a Nigerian weightlifter.[1] Representative of the Nigerian weightlifting federation. Best Female athlete 2020 & 2021 Mubarak Olarinoye

Career

Born and raised in Lagos. She won the silver medal and 2 bronze medals in the women's 55 kg at the 2021 IWF Championship Uzbekistan (Best female athlete)She Won 3 gold medals at the 2020 Islamic Solidarity Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3] She won 3 gold medals at the 2021 African champions held in Kenya ( Best Female athlete) 3 bronze medals at the 2022 Islamic solidarity games

She represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games which is also her maiden African Games appearance and claimed three medals including two gold medals and silver medal in women's 55 kg weightlifting event.[4][5][6]

She claimed gold medals in women's 55 kg and 55 kg clean jerk events along with a silver in 55 kg snatch event where she narrowly missed the gold medal to fellow compatriot Chika Amalaha.[7] However she emerged as the gold medalist in the overall women's 55 kg event while Chika Amalaha settled for the silver medal.[8] On 26 August 2019, Adijat also created a new African record in weightlifting in the clean and jerk category by lifting 116 kg during the 2019 African Games.[9]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK she won the gold medal with 2 new Commonwealth Games Records: 92kg in snatch and 203 kg overall.[10]

She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Weightlifting - Adijat Adenike Olarinoye (Nigeria)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  2. ^ Oliver, Brian (9 December 2021). "South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Medals Board". Africans Games Rabat 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  5. ^ "AAG 2019: Nigeria wins 6 gold medals in weightlifting". Newtelegraph. 2019-08-27. Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  6. ^ "12th African Games: Nigeria win six gold medals in weightlifting". Punch Newspapers. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  7. ^ "Nigeriana Olarinoye conquista título panafricano en halterofilia". prensa-latina.cu. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  8. ^ Eludini, Tunde (2019-08-26). "2019 African Games: Nigeria gets big boost as Weightlifters win six gold medals - Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  9. ^ "Weightlifting 12th All African Games – Women 55 kg" (PDF). WFA. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  10. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  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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