Joy Asonye

Joy Asonye
Personal information
Full nameJoy Asonye Oluchi
Nationality Nigeria
Born (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 28)
Sport
SportJudo
Event78 kg

Joy Asonye Oluchi (born 8 November 1996) is a Nigerian judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category.[1]

She competed for Nigeria at local and international Judo competitions.[2][3]

Achievements

Oluchi represented Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England.[4] She won Fiji's Shanice Takayawa in her repechage match but lost to Aoife Coughlan of Australia in the women's 70 kg quarter-final game.[5]

She was among the Nigerian team that won medals in the African judo international championships in Niger republic in 2018.[6][7]

She also participated in the African Senior Championships 2021 and the Yaounde African Open 2022.[8]

References

  1. ^ "JudoInside - Joy Oluchi Asonye Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  2. ^ "Team Nigeria eye more medals as athletics begin". Punch Newspapers. 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  3. ^ "NUGA Games: UNIPORT, ABU top Judo medals table". Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  4. ^ IV, Editorial (2022-07-28). "2022CWG: Meet 94 athletes representing Nigeria at 2022 Commonwealth Games *Their sports". Blueprint Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  5. ^ Ngobua, David (2022-08-02). "After winning silver, Team Nigeria harvests near misses in Birmingham". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  6. ^ Edubi, Omotayo (2018-08-10). "Judo: Nigeria Judokas shine at African Championships in Niger Republic". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  7. ^ Kuti, Dare (2018-08-09). "Judo: Nigeria Judokas shine at African Championships". ACLSports. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  8. ^ "ASONYE Joy Oluchi / africajudo.org". www.africajudo.org. Retrieved 2023-04-12.