Ruth Ogbeifo

Ruth Ogbeifo
Personal information
Born 1972-04-18
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney – 75 kg
World Championships
1999 Athens – 75 kg

Ruth Ogbeifo (born April 18, 1972) is a Nigerian weightlifter.

At the 1999 World Championships in the 75 kg category she won bronze medals in snatch, clean and jerk, and overall.[1][2]

She competed in the 75 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal, with 245.0 kg in total.[3][4][5]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Weight on their shoulders". BBC Sport Online. 2000-08-17. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  2. ↑ "World Championships Women: -75 kg". Sports123.com.
  3. ↑ "Colombia picks up historic gold". BBC Sport Online. 2000-09-20. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  4. ↑ "Urrutia lifts 245kg, gold and Colombia". CNN Sports Illustrated. Agence France-Presse. 2000-09-20. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Ruth Ogbeifo". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-01-21.


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