Flora Ugwunwa
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Born | 26 June 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Paraplegia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | F54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Flora Ugwunwa (born 26 June 1984)[1] is a Nigerian Paralympic athlete competing in F54-classification events.[2] She won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw F54 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won silver in this event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.[3]
Career
[edit]Ugwunwa represented Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw F54 event.[2] She also set a new world record of 20.25m at this event.[4]
Ugwunwa represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the silver medal in the women's javelin throw F54 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[5] She also competed in the women's shot put F54 event where she finished in 6th place.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Women's shot put F54" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Flora Ugwunwa". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "No. 23 Nigeria most successful African nation at Rio 2016". International Paralympic Committee. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview - Women's javelin throw F54". paralympic.org. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Flora Ugwunwa at the International Paralympic Committee
- Flora Ugwunwa at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Living people
- 1984 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Nigeria
- Paralympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic athletes for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games silver medalists for Nigeria
- Nigerian javelin throwers
- Nigerian female discus throwers
- Nigerian female shot putters
- Wheelchair discus throwers
- Wheelchair shot putters
- Wheelchair javelin throwers
- Paralympic discus throwers
- Paralympic javelin throwers
- Paralympic shot putters
- 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
- African Paralympic medalist stubs
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- Nigerian athletics biography stubs