Esther Oyema

Esther Oyema (born 20 April 1982) is a Nigerian powerlifter.[1] She competed in the women's 61 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[2] where she won a gold medal and set a new world record by lifting 122.4 kg in the heavyweight category.[3] In 2015 she won a gold medal at the All-Africa Games by lifting 133 kg and beating her previous record 126 kg.[4] In the same year she traveled all the way to Almaty, Kazakhstan where she won another gold medal at the IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships by lifting 79 kg.[5] During the 2016 Summer Paralympics she won a silver medal by beating her Mexican counterpart Amalia Perez in the women's 55 kg lifting.[6] She won gold medal and created a new world record of 131 kg in the women's lightweight category of Para Powerlifting at the Gold Cost 2018 Commonwealth games.

Esther Oyema
Personal information
NationalityNigerian
Born (1982-04-20) 20 April 1982
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportPowerlifting
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
Women's Powerlifting
Paralympic Games
2012 LondonWomen's 48kg
2016 RioWomen's 55kg
Commonwealth Games
2010 DelhiWomen's Open bench press
2014 GlasgowWomen's 61 kg
Updated on 10 October 2014.

On May 21, 2020, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) banned her for four years after failing a doping test. She competed at the 2019 International Paralympic competition held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, where she won gold medal. Her urine sample was collected by the IPC during the competition and she was said to have tested positive to 19-norandrosterone.

References
  1. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. "Preview: Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games powerlifting competition". www.paralympic.org. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. "Team Nigeria Para-power lifters set new world records at Commonwealth Games". Vanguard. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. "Another Nigerian powerlifter, Esther Onyema breaks world record". Vanguagrd. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. Valentine Chinyem (31 July 2015). "Nigerian Weight Lifters Break World Record in Asia". News of Nigeria. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  6. Christopher Maduewesi (12 September 2016). "Esther Onyema wins Silver for Team Nigeria at Rio Paralympics". Making if Champs. Retrieved 29 March 2018.


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