Ruth Ogbeifo

Ruth Ogbeifo

Personal information
Born	(1972-04-18) 18 April 1972 (age 52)
Medal record Women's Weightlifting Representing  Nigeria Olympic Games 2000 Sydney – 75 kg World Championships 1999 Athens – 75 kg

Ruth Ogbeifo (born 18 April 1972) is a Nigerian weightlifter.

At the 1999 World Championships in the 75 kg category she won bronze medals in snatch, clean and jerk, and overall.^[1][2]

She competed in the 75 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal, with 245.0 kg in total.^[3][4][5]

Notes and references

1. "Weight on their shoulders". BBC Sport Online. 17 August 2000. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
2. "World Championships Women: -75 kg". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007.
3. "Colombia picks up historic gold". BBC Sport Online. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
4. "Urrutia lifts 245kg, gold and Colombia". CNN Sports Illustrated. Agence France-Presse. 20 September 2000. Archived from the original on 8 May 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
5. "Ruth Ogbeifo". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2009.

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