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Vivian Peters-Chukwuemeka (born 4 May 1975) is a retired Nigerian shot putter and two-time Olympian. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has won three consecutive titles at the All-Africa Games from 1999 to 2007.^[1] She was the African Champion in the event in 2002, 2006 and 2008. She also competes in discus throw and hammer throw, but not on world level.

Her personal best throw is 18.43 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Walnut. This is the African record.^[2]

She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the World Championships in 2003 and 2005 without reaching the finals. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.^[3]

She graduated from Azusa Pacific University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Social Work.^[4]

She received a two-year ban from athletics for a failed drug test at the 2009 Nigerian Championships. Chukwuemeka submitted that the investigation process was inadequatley handled, but her claims were dismissed by the appeals panel and her two-year ban from the IAAF remained.^[5]^[6] When Chukwuemeka returned to competition in 2012, she failed a second drugs test - for the anabolic steroid stanozolol - shortly before the Olympic Games. Subsequently, she was given a lifetime ban from competition.^[7]^[8]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Nigeria
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	14th	Shot put	17.47 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	1st	Shot put	17.53 m
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	9th	Discus throw	53.44 m
	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	Shot put
	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	2nd	Discus throw
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	7th	Shot put
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	Shot put
			2nd	Discus throw
			3rd	Hammer throw
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	Shot put
	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	9th	Discus throw
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	Shot put
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	2nd	Discus throw
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	8th	Shot put
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Shot put	17.60 m
			3rd	Discus throw	52.52 m
			4th	Hammer throw	58.15 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	Shot put	17.50 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	24th (q)	Shot put	17.15 m