Elizabeth Anyanacho
 Anyanacho in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Elizabeth Oluchi Anyanacho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 9, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2019-present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth Anyanacho ⓘ (born 9 April 1999) is a Nigerian taekwondo athlete.
Career
[edit]She won the 2019 Nigeria Open in Abuja, defeating Judith Usifoh.[1]
In August 2020, she was featured in the Malala Fund's "Game Changers" project, a series featuring 30 female athletes worldwide who defy convention on and off the field.[2]
She participated at the 2019 African Games, winning a bronze medal at 67 kg.[3] She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, although she had not intended to compete at the Olympics until 2024. She would have been the first Nigerian to compete in her sport for 16 years if the Olympics had not been postponed. The previous competitor was Princess Dudu in 2004.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ↑ "The heart to fight: Nigerian taekwondo star Elizabeth Anyanacho — Assembly | Malala Fund". Assembly. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ↑ Busari, Niyi (25 August 2019). "Rabat 2019: Nigeria Medals Update". BSN Sports. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ↑ "Nigeria's Elizabeth Anyanacho: Inspiring a whole generation". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ↑ "Minister receives Olympic-bound Anyanacho". The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Elizabeth Anyanacho at TaekwondoData.com
- Elizabeth Anyanacho at Olympedia
- Elizabeth Anyanacho at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Igbo sportspeople
- Nigerian female taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Nigeria
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- African Games gold medalists in taekwondo
- African Games bronze medalists in taekwondo
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 African Games
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 African Games
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- African Taekwondo Championships medalists
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo
- Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Medalists at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games
- 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2019 African Games