Balkisu Musa (born 1970) is a Nigerian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. She won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships in the +75 kg category.

Career

Musa came fourth in the

1997 World Weightlifting Championships The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14, 1997. In the men's tournament there were a total number of 189 athletes (51 nations) competing, while there were 143 women in action from ...

in the Women's +83 kg category. She won three gold medals at the 1999 All-Africa Games in South Africa. At the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships Musa lifted 252.5 kg (total), winning the bronze medal in the +75 kg category. When female weightlifting was included in the Olympics for the first time at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, Musa was disqualified for taking steroids. She was banned for two years in total. At the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships, Musa was ranked 23rd in the +75 kg category, lifting a total of 215 kg. In 2017, six Nigerian weightlifters trained by Musa participated in the African Junior Weightlifting Championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Musa, Balkisu 1970 births Living people Nigerian female weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games 20th-century Nigerian women 21st-century Nigerian women