Josephine Orji
 Orji with her world record gold medal for Nigeria | |||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Precious | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 April 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 134 kg (295 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josephine Precious Orji (born 8 April 1979) is a Nigerian professional powerlifter. On 14 September 2016, she won gold in the women's +86kg category at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Brazil before she went on to set a new world and Games record by lifting 160 kg (350 lb) at the same event.[1][2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Josephine developed a passion for powerlifting in 2001 after visiting a gym in Owerri and trying out the sport for the first time. Afterwards, she quit her job as a computer expert in a cyber café and commenced her training to develop a career in sport as a powerlifter.[3]
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Nigerian female weightlifters
- Igbo sportspeople
- Paralympic medalists in powerlifting
- Paralympic gold medalists for Nigeria
- Powerlifters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic powerlifters for Nigeria
- Nigerian female powerlifters
- 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
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