// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Chika Amalaha a weightlifter? Does she have a heavy reputation?
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| Full name | Chika Joy Amalaha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1997[1] Abia State, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft (152 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 53 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Evelyn Timothy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 9 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chika Joy Amalaha ⓘ (born 28 October 1997) is a Nigerian weightlifter. In 2019 she tested positive for metenolone and has been banned from competing until 2027 by the International Weightlifting Federation.[2]
2014 Commonwealth Games
[edit]Amalaha won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, and set a new Games records in 53 kg weight category in both the snatch and overall elements.[3]
She later failed a drug test,[3] and was temporarily banned from continuing the Games on 29 July 2014 after Amiloride and Hydrochlorothiazide were found in her A sample. Her B sample was then sent for testing the following day, which returned positive for prohibited substances.[4] Following the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) scheduled meeting with Amalaha on 1 August 2014, she was stripped of her medal and the Games record she set was revoked.[5] As a result, Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea was awarded gold, and Santoshi Matsa and Swati Singh, both from India, were awarded silver and bronze respectively.
Amalaha was subsequently handed a two-year doping ban. The ban ended 25 July 2016.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Chika Amalaha Profile". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ "Sanctions". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- 1 2 "Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Chika Amalaha fails doping test". TheGuardian.com. 29 July 2014.
- ↑ "Chika Amalaha, Nigerian weightlifter could be stripped of won gold medal | Cofellow". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nigerian weightlifter stripped of gold medal after positive drug test". August 2014.
- ↑ International Weightlifting Federation: Sanctioned athletes Archived March 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, iwf.net. Retrieved 16 November 2014
External links
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Data from Wikidata
- Chika Joy AMALAHA at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Chika Amalaha at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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