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Rafiatu Lawal
Personal information
Full nameRafiatu Folashade Lawal
Born (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 29)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
59 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Førde58 kg
African Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Rabat59 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Accra59 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Nairobi59 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Tunis59 kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Ismailia58 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham59 kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Glasgow58 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tashkent59 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2025 Riyadh58 kg

Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (born 12 November 1996) is a Nigerian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] She represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[2]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Career

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At the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[2][3] She also won the gold medal in both the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[2] She also set a new African record of 93 kg in the Snatch event.[4]

She competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[5] She finished in 6th place in this competition.[5] The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event.[6][7] As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8]

She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1][9] She also set new Commonwealth Games records in the Snatch (90 kg), Clean & Jerk (116 kg) and Total (206 kg).[10]

In March 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[11] In August 2024, she competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[12] She finished in fifth place with 230 kg in total.[12]

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2024Paris, France59 kg100103103N/a125127130N/a2305
World Championships
2021Tashkent, Uzbekistan59 kg899292610811211572076
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia59 kg95100100512012513072256
2025Førde, Norway58 kg99101
AF		1042nd place, silver medalist(s)126128
AF		1332nd place, silver medalist(s)229
AF		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand59 kg96101101712112612872278
Commonwealth Games
2022Birmingham, England59 kg909495N/a110115116N/a2061st place, gold medalist(s)
African Games
2019Rabat, Morocco59 kg9093951st place, gold medalist(s)1111151171st place, gold medalist(s)2101st place, gold medalist(s)
2024Accra, Ghana59 kg85——1st place, gold medalist(s)105——1st place, gold medalist(s)1901st place, gold medalist(s)
African Championships
2021Nairobi, Kenya59 kg8890921st place, gold medalist(s)1091111151st place, gold medalist(s)2011st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Tunis, Tunisia59 kg9191951st place, gold medalist(s)1151151221st place, gold medalist(s)2171st place, gold medalist(s)
2026Ismailia, Egypt59 kg9595971st place, gold medalist(s)1151191221st place, gold medalist(s)2141st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2021Tashkent, Uzbekistan59 kg899292N/a108112115N/a2071st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. 1 2 Palmer, Dan (31 July 2022). "Nigerian breaks three records as India win two weightlifting golds at Birmingham 2022". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (27 August 2019). "Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Records Broken". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. 1 2 "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Day 5 – 2021 IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships". IWF. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ↑ Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Women Records Broken" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "2023 African Games Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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