Yinka Ayenuwa (born 2 May 1986 in

Warri The city of Warri is an oil hub within South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House. Warri City is one of the major hubs of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. Warri and her twin city, Uvwie are the commercial c ...

) 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 ...

. He competed in the men's 69 kg event at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where he won a silver medal. In 2015, he won 3 silver medals at the

African Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...

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* * * 1986 births Living people Nigerian male weightlifters Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Yoruba sportspeople Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2015 African Games Sportspeople from Warri 20th-century Nigerian people 21st-century Nigerian people Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{Nigeria-weightlifting-bio-stub