Benedict Uloko
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Weightlifting | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | ||
| African Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 2008 Strand | 85 kg |
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Benedict Uloko (born 19 March 1984) is a Nigerian weightlifter competing in the 85 kg category.
Biography
[edit | edit source]He competed at the 2007 All-Africa Games, but did not finish.[1]
At the 2008 African Championships he won overall gold with a total of 341 kg.[2]
He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category finishing 13th with 339 kg.[2]
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won the bronze medal for Nigeria, just being beaten by Scotland's Peter Kirkbride.[3]
Notes and references
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Athlete Biography at beijing2008
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Categories:
- Nigerian male weightlifters
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Nigeria
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nigeria
- 20th-century Nigerian people
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games weightlifters for Nigeria
- African weightlifting biography stubs
- Nigerian sportspeople stubs