Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Nigeria at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Nigeria at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	NGR
CGA	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	nigeriaolympic.org
in Birmingham, England; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	92 (41 men and 51 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Nnamdi Chinecherem; Folashade Oluwafemiayo
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 11 Silver 9 Bronze 14 Total 34
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Nigeria competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.^[1] It was Nigeria's 15th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Nnamdi Chinecherem and Folashade Oluwafemiayo were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Adijat Olarinoye	Weightlifting	Women's -55 kg	30 July
Gold	Rafiatu Folashade Lawal	Weightlifting	Women's -59 kg	31 July
Gold	Chioma Onyekwere	Athletics	Women's discus throw	2 August
Gold	Goodness Nwachukwu	Athletics	Women's discus throw F44/64	4 August
Gold	Folashade Oluwafemiayo	Para Powerlifting	Women's heavyweight	4 August
Gold	Odunayo Adekuoroye	Wrestling	Women's -57 kg	5 August
Gold	Blessing Oborududu	Wrestling	Women's -68 kg	5 August
Gold	Eucharia Iyiazi	Athletics	Women's shot put (F57)	6 August
Gold	Mercy Genesis	Wrestling	Women's -50 kg	6 August
Gold	Tobi Amusan	Athletics	Women's 100 m hurdles	7 August
Gold	Ese Brume	Athletics	Women's long jump	7 August
Silver	Taiwo Liadi	Weightlifting	Women's -76 kg	2 August
Silver	Ikechukwu Obichukwu	Para Powerlifting	Men's heavyweight	4 August
Silver	Bose Omolayo	Para Powerlifting	Women's heavyweight	4 August
Silver	Favour Ofili	Athletics	Women's 200 m	6 August
Silver	Nasiru Sule	Table tennis	Men's singles C3–5	6 August
Silver	Ifechukwude Ikpeoyi	Table tennis	Women's singles C3–5	6 August
Silver	Ebikewenimo Welson	Wrestling	Men's -57 kg	6 August
Silver	Hannah Rueben	Wrestling	Women's -76 kg	6 August
Silver	Elizabeth Oshoba	Boxing	Women's featherweight	7 August
Bronze	Edidiong Joseph Umoafia	Weightlifting	Men's -67 kg	31 July
Bronze	Islamiyat Yusuf	Weightlifting	Women's -64 kg	1 August
Bronze	Obiageri Amaechi	Athletics	Women's discus throw	2 August
Bronze	Mary Osijo	Weightlifting	Women's -87 kg	2 August
Bronze	Nnamdi Innocent	Para Powerlifting	Men's lightweight	4 August
Bronze	Esther Kolawole	Wrestling	Women's -62 kg	5 August
Bronze	Ugochi Alam	Athletics	Women's shot put (F57)	6 August
Bronze	Ifeanyi Onyekwere	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight	6 August
Bronze	Cynthia Ogunsemilore	Boxing	Women's lightweight	6 August
Bronze	Jacinta Umunnakwe	Boxing	Women's middleweight	6 August
Bronze	Isau Ogunkunle	Table tennis	Men's singles C3–5	6 August
Bronze	Faith Obazuaye	Table tennis	Women's singles C6–10	6 August
Bronze	Ogbonna John	Wrestling	Men's -74 kg	6 August
Bronze	Udodi Onwuzurike Favour Ashe Alaba Akintola Raymond Ekevwo Seye Ogunlewe	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	17	20	37
Boxing	4	5	9
Judo	2	2	4
Para powerlifting	4	4	8
Table tennis	8	7	15
Weightlifting	2	7	9
Wrestling	4	6	10
Total	41	51	92

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Favour Ashe	100 m	10.12	1 Q	10.24	3	did not advance
Raymond Ekevwo		10.14	1 Q	10.36	7	did not advance
Godson Oghenebrume		10.36	3 q	10.52	9	did not advance
Suwaibidu Galadima	100 m (T47)	11.45	3 Q	—		DSQ
Alaba Akintola	200 m	21.28	3 q	21.16	5	did not advance
Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli		21.12	3 q	21.39	6	did not advance
Udodi Onwuzurike		21.18	2 Q	20.59	1 Q	20.76	6
Sikiru Adeyemi	400 m	46.63	4 q	47.40	6	did not advance
Dubem Amene		46.77	2 Q	DNF		did not advance
Samson Nathaniel		46.31	2 Q	47.00	6	did not advance
Ezekiel Nathaniel	400 m hurdles	50.38	2 Q	—		51.38	6
Udodi Onwuzurike Favour Ashe Alaba Akintola Raymond Ekevwo Seye Ogunlewe	4 × 100 m relay	38.85	1 Q	—		38.81
Johnson Nnamani Samson Nathaniel Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Sikiru Adeyemi Ezekiel Nathaniel	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.36	4 q	—		3:06.06	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Mike Edwards	High jump	2.19	6
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Shot put	20.36	4
Kennedy Ezeji	Discus throw F44/64	38.76	6
Chinecherem Nnamdi	Javelin throw	76.46	9

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rosemary Chukwuma	100 m	11.02	1 Q	11.05	2 Q	11.17	4
Nzubechi Nwokocha		10.99	1 Q	11.06	2 Q	11.18	5
Joy Udo-Gabriel		11.43	3 Q	11.45	6	did not advance
Nzubechi Nwokocha	200 m	25.34	7	did not advance
Favour Ofili	200 m	22.71	1 Q	22.66	1 Q	22.51
Patience George	400 m	52.63	4 q	52.90	5	did not advance
Patience Omovoh		54.40	5	did not advance
Ella Onojuvwevwo		54.02	5	did not advance
Tobi Amusan	100 m hurdles	12.40	1 Q	—		12.30
Tobi Amusan Favour Ofili Rosemary Chukwuma Nzubechi Nwokocha Joy Udo-Gabriel	4 × 100 m relay	42.57	1 Q	—		DQ	DQ
Amarachukwu Obi Ella Onojuvwevwo Patience Omovoh Patience George	4 × 400 m relay	—				3:33.13	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Temitope Adeshina	High jump	1.81	1 q	1.81	10
Esther Isa	High jump	1.81	8 q	1.81	9
Ese Brume	Long jump	6.81	3 Q	7.00
Ruth Usoro	Long jump	6.59	7 q	6.56	6
Ruth Usoro	Triple jump	—		14.02	5
Orobosa Frank	Shot put	16.27	10 q	16.70	9
Ugochi Alam	Shot put (F57)	—		9.30
Eucharia Iyiazi	Shot put (F57)	—		10.03
Obiageri Amaechi	Discus throw	—		56.99
Chioma Onyekwere	Discus throw	—		61.70
Goodness Nwachukwu	Discus throw F44/64	—		36.56
Oyesade Olatoye	Hammer throw	61.74	9 q	66.80	4

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdul-Afeez Osoba	Light middleweight	Hield (BAH) W KO	Croft (WAL) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Adeyinka Benson	Middleweight	Bye	Quartey (GHA) W 3 - 2	Hickey (SCO) L RSC	did not advance
Innocent Ehwarieme	Light heavyweight	Bye	Bowen (ENG) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Ifeanyi Onyekwere	Super heavyweight	—	Bye	Feujio (CAN) W 5 - 0	Ahlawat (IND) L 0 - 5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yetunde Egunjobi	Light flyweight	Bye	Stubley (ENG) L 0 - 5	did not advance
Elizabeth Oshoba	Featherweight	Walsh (NZL) W 5 - 0	Guy (TTO) W 3 - 2	Rahimi (AUS) W 4 - 1	Walsh (NIR) L 0 - 5
Cynthia Ogunsemilore	Lightweight	Bye	Kasemang (BOT) W RSC	Broadhurst (NIR) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Bolanle Shogbamu	Light middleweight	Wilkinson (ENG) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Jacinta Umunnakwe	Middleweight	Bye	Ula (TGA) W WO	Gramane (MOZ) L 0 - 5	Did not advance

Judo

A squad of two judoka was entered as of 8 July 2022.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Edwin	Men's -66 kg	Burns (NIR) L 00 - 10	did not advance				9
Fatai Muritala	Men's -81 kg	Moorhead (ENG) L 00 - 10	did not advance				9
Cecilia James	Women's -63 kg	Soko (ZAM) W 10 - 00	Haecker (AUS) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	H-Jones (WAL) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	7
Joy Asonye	Women's -70 kg	—	Coughlan (AUS) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	Takayawa (FIJ) W 10 - 00	P-Pollard (ENG) L 00 - 10	5

Para powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Thomas Kure	Men's lightweight	132.5	4
Nnamdi Innocent	Men's lightweight	132.5
Abdulazeez Ibrahim	Men's heavyweight	No mark
Ikechukwu Obichukwu	Men's heavyweight	133.6
Onyinyechi Mark	Women's lightweight	DSQ
Latifat Tijani	Women's lightweight	DSQ
Folashade Oluwafemiayo	Women's heavyweight	123.4
Bose Omolayo	Women's heavyweight	115.2

Table tennis

Nigeria qualified for both team events via the ITTF World Team Rankings (as of 2 January 2020). Eight players were selected on 8 July 2022.^[5]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bode Abiodun	Men's singles	Bye				Dalgleish (SCO) W 4 - 2	Shetty (IND) L 2 - 4	did not advance
Quadri Aruna		Bye				Bye	Rumgay (SCO) W 4 - 0	Drinkhall (ENG) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Olajide Omotayo		Bye				Leong (MAS) W 4 - 3	Kamal (IND) L 2 - 4	did not advance
Isau Ogunkunle	Men's singles C3–5	Bullen (ENG) W 3 - 0	Alagar (IND) W 3 - 1	Wyndham (SLE) W 3 - 0	1 Q	—			H-Spivey (ENG) L 0 - 3	Alagar (IND) W 3 - 0
Nasiru Sule	Men's singles C3–5	Mudassar (CAN) W 3 - 0	H-Spivey (ENG) W 3 - 2	Chen (AUS) W 3 - 0	1 Q	—			Alagar (IND) W 3 - 1	H-Spivey (ENG) L 1 - 3
Tajudeen Agunbiade	Men's singles C8–10	Kailis (CYP) W 3 - 0	Stacey (CYP) L 1 - 3	Chee (MAS) W 3 - 1	2 Q	—			Ma (AUS) L 0 - 3	Wilson (ENG) L 2 - 3	4
Alabi Olufemi	Men's singles C8–10	Wilson (ENG) L WO	Syed (CAN) L WO	Ma (AUS) L WO	4	—			did not advance
Fatima Bello	Women's singles	Bye				Hursey (WAL) L 0 - 4	did not advance
Offiong Edem		Bye				Edghill (GUY) W 4 - 2	Lay (AUS) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Esther Oribamise		Abel (VAN) W 4 - 0	Mou (BAN) W 4 - 0	—	1 Q	Carey (WAL) L 2 - 4	did not advance
Ifechukwude Ikpeoyi	Women's singles C3–5	Latu (FIJ) W 3 - 0	Patel (IND) L 0 - 3	di Toro (AUS) W 3 - 1	2 Q	—			Patel (IND) W 3 - 1	Patel (IND) L 0 - 3
Chinenye Obiora	Women's singles C3–5	Tscharke (AUS) W 3 - 0	Bailey (ENG) L 2 - 3	Patel (IND) L 1 - 3	3	—			did not advance
Faith Obazuaye	Women's singles C6–10	Ravi (IND) W 3 - 0	Yang (AUS) L 1 - 3	Wong (MAS) W 3 - 0	2 Q	—			Lei (AUS) L 0 - 3	Pickard (ENG) W 3 - 1

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Olajide Omotayo Amadi Omeh	Men's doubles	Bye	Hamza / Sabbir (BAN) W 3 – 0	Britton / Franklin (GUY) W 3 – 1	Pitchford / Drinkhall (ENG) L 0 – 3	did not advance
Quadri Aruna Bode Abiodun	Men's doubles	Bye	Yiangou / Elia (CYP) W 3 – 0	Koen / Quek (SGP) W 3 – 2	Lum / Liu (AUS) L 2 – 3	did not advance
Esther Oribamise Ajoke Ojomu	Women's doubles	Bye	Feng / Zeng (SGP) L 0 – 3	did not advance
Offiong Edem Fatima Bello	Women's doubles	Bye	Greaves / Thomas (GUY) W 3 – 0	Edwards / Kalam (RSA) W 3 – 0	Jee / Lay (AUS) L 0 – 3	did not advance
Olajide Omotayo Ajoke Ojomu	Mixed doubles	Bye	Yogarajah / Jalim (MRI) W 3 – 0	Gnanasekaran / Batra (IND) L 0 – 3	did not advance
Bode Abiodun Fatima Bello		Bye	Commey / Ankude (GHA) W 3 – 0	Luu / Liu (AUS) L 0 – 3	did not advance
Offiong Edem Quadri Aruna		Bye	Abrefa / Kwabi (GHA) L WO	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Quadri Aruna Olajide Omotayo Bode Abiodun Amadi Omeh	Men's team	South Africa (RSA) W 3―0	Ghana (GHA) W 3―0	Cyprus (CYP) W 3―0	1 Q	Malaysia (MAS) W 3―2	India (IND) L 0―3	England (ENG) L 0―3	4
Fatima Bello Offiong Edem Esther Oribamise Ajoke Ojomu	Women's team	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) W 3―0	Singapore (SGP) L 0―3	England (ENG) L 2―3	3	did not advance

Weightlifting

As of 16 March 2022, nine weightlifters (two men, seven women) qualified for the competition.^[6]

Stella Kingsley, Adijat Olarinoye, Rafiatu Folashade Lawal and Joy Ogbonne Eze qualified by winning gold at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[7] The other five qualified via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List, which was finalised on 9 March 2022.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Emmanuel Appah	61 kg	110	5	135	5	245	5
Edidiong Joseph Umoafia	67 kg	130	2	160	3	290

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Stella Kingsley	49 kg	75	3	95	5	170	4
Adijat Olarinoye	55 kg	92 GR	1	111	2	203 GR
Rafiatu Folashade Lawal	59 kg	90 GR	1	116 GR	1	206 GR
Islamiyat Yusuf	64 kg	93	3	119	3	212
Joy Ogbonne Eze	71 kg	100	2	—	—	—	DNF
Taiwo Liadi	76 kg	96	2	120	2	216
Mary Osijo	87 kg	102	3	123	3	225

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Repechage Format

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ebikewenimo Welson	Men's -57 kg	Bye	Tau (RSA) W 10 - 0	Capellam (CAN) W 8 - 4	—	Dahiya (IND) L 0 - 10
Amas Daniel	Men's -65 kg	Vella (MLT) W 10 - 0	Ullah (PAK) L 0 - 4	did not advance
Ogbonna John	Men's -74 kg	Malik (IND) L 3 - 13	did not advance		Hong (SGP) W 10 - 0	Bowling (ENG) W 10 - 0
Ekerekeme Agiomor	Men's -86 kg	Moore (CAN) L 0 - 10	did not advance
Odunayo Adekuoroye	Women's -57 kg	Ayo (UGA) W 2 - 0	Ayieta (KEN) W 10 - 0	Taylor (CAN) W 10 - 0	—	Malik (IND) W 7 - 3
Esther Kolawole	Women's -62 kg	—	Weraduwage (SRI) W 10 - 0	Godinez (CAN) L 4 - 10	—	Fountain (SCO) W 10 - 0
Blessing Oborududu	Women's -68 kg	Ngiri (CMR) W 10 - 0	Kakran (IND) W 11 - 0	Lemalie (TGA) W 10 - 0	—	Morais (CAN) W 5 - 1
Hannah Rueben	Women's -76 kg	—	Koroma (SLE) W 10 - 0	Nelthrope (ENG) W 6 - 1	—	Di Stasio (CAN) L 2 - 4

Group Stage Format

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mercy Genesis	Women's -50 kg	Parks (CAN) W 9 - 0	Pedige (SRI) W 12 - 1	1 Q	Letchidjio (SCO) W 10 - 0	Parks (CAN) W 3 - 1

Nordic Format

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin			Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mercy Adekuoroye	Women's -53 kg	Don (SRI) W 10 - 0	Phogat (IND) L 0 - 6	Stewart (CAN) L 5 - 6	3^[a]

Notes

^ Due to only 4 athletes competing, no bronze medal was awarded.

References

^ Pavitt, Michael (14 December 2021). "Nigerian Olympic Committee to hold Annual General Meeting in Yenegoa". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "2022 Commonwealth Games: Gumel expects Team Nigeria to excel in Birmingham". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ Ogunyale, Bunmi (28 July 2022). "2022 Commonwealth Games: Oborodudu, Nnamdi are Team Nigeria Captain, Flagbearer". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES BIRMINGHAM 2022 | Nations | Nigeria". IJF. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ Bailey, Segun (8 July 2022). "Quadri Aruna Leads Nigerian Ping Pongers To 2022 Commonwealth Games". New Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ Oguneye, Tola (16 March 2022). "Nigerian weightlifters qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games". Radio Nigeria. FRCN. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

External links

[wrestling-8] Due to only 4 athletes competing, no bronze medal was awarded.

[1] Pavitt, Michael (14 December 2021). "Nigerian Olympic Committee to hold Annual General Meeting in Yenegoa". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[2] "2022 Commonwealth Games: Gumel expects Team Nigeria to excel in Birmingham". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[3] Ogunyale, Bunmi (28 July 2022). "2022 Commonwealth Games: Oborodudu, Nnamdi are Team Nigeria Captain, Flagbearer". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[4] "COMMONWEALTH GAMES BIRMINGHAM 2022 | Nations | Nigeria". IJF. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[5] Bailey, Segun (8 July 2022). "Quadri Aruna Leads Nigerian Ping Pongers To 2022 Commonwealth Games". New Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[6] Oguneye, Tola (16 March 2022). "Nigerian weightlifters qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games". Radio Nigeria. FRCN. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[7] Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

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