Chinenye Fidelis (born 28 October 1993) is a Nigerian weightlifter. She represents Nigeria both nationally and internationally. She has competed in the

Nigerian National Sports Festival The Nigerian National Sports Festival is a biennial multi-sport event organized by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Sports Commission for athletes from the 36 States of Nigeria. Started and staged in 1973 at the National S ...

African Weightlifting Championships The African Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA). Weights Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categories (10 for men and 10 for women) since 2019: *Men categories: 55 kg, 61 kg, 67&nb ...

Achievements

Fidelis in 2008 represented Nigeria at the 19th MEN and 8th women African championships where she was ranked 1st in the 48 kg event. In 2011, she competed in the World weightlifting Championship where she ranked 13th in the 53 kg event. She competed at the 2012 African Weightlifting Championships where she set a new African record and won a gold medal in the + 53 kg event. At the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, she broke the national record in the 53 kg snatch event. Fidelis lifted a total of 85 kg to beat the old record of 82.5 kg set by

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in the 2006 edition of the Games. Fidelis also set a new record for Africa in the

clean and Jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

event. She lifted a weight of 120 kg beating the old record of 112 kg also by Patience Lawal. She represented Nigeria at the 2016 African Weightlifting Championships held in Yaoundé ranking first in clean and jerk and snatch events. During the African Championships – Continental Olympic Qualification Event in Nairobi, Kenya, Fidelis broke four continental records on the first day by lifting 87kgs, and ended with a total of 202kgs being both junior and senior african records.

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Chinenye Fidelis awarded scholarship
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National Sports Commission The National Sports Commission is the Nigerian apex body responsible for regulating sports in the country, with Alhassan Yakmut serving as the last Director-General before it was scrapped by the Muhammadu Buhari government in 2015. It is headed by ...

(NSC). {{DEFAULTSORT:Fidelis, Chinenye Living people 1993 births Nigerian female weightlifters African Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Nigerian women