Nnamdi Chinecherem

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Nnamdi Chinecherem Prosper
File:Nnamdi Chinecherem à la finale du javelot Douala 2024.jpg
Personal information
Born (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 23)
Sport
SportJavelin
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra Javelin throw
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Douala Javelin throw
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Nairobi Javelin throw

Nnamdi Chinecherem Prosper (born 12 July 2002) is a Nigerian Javelin athlete.[1]

Career

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In 2021, Chinecherem won the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw event at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi Kenya.[2][3]

This record made him the first Nigerian athlete to win an award at a field medal since the last championship where Esther Aghatise won a medal in 2002.[4][5]

In 2022, he made up the list of athletics from Nigeria selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[6]

He was one of the flagbearer alongside Folashade Oluwafemiayo during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.[7][8]

References

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