Rafiatu Lawal Explained
| Rafiatu Folashade Lawal |
| Birth Date: | 1996 11, df=yes |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Weight Class: | 59 kg |
Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (born 12 November 1996) is a Nigerian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] She represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event.[2]
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Career
At the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event.[2] [3] She also won the gold medal in both the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[2] She also set a new African record of 93kg in the Snatch event.[4]
She competed in the women's 59kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[5] She finished in 6th place in this competition.[5] The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event.[6] [7] As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8]
She won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] [9] She also set new Commonwealth Games records in the Snatch (90 kg), Clean & Jerk (116 kg) and Total (206 kg).[10]
In March 2024, she won the gold medal in the women's 59kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana.[11] In August 2024, she competed in the women's 59kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[12] She finished in fifth place with 230 kg in total.[12]
Achievements
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
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| Summer Olympics |
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| align=left | Paris, France | | 100 | 103 | 103 | | 125 | 127 | 130 | | 230 | 5 |
| World Championships |
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| align=left | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | | 89 | 92 | 92 | 6 | 108 | 112 | 115 | 7 | 207 | 6 |
| align=left | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | | 95 | 100 | 100 | 5 | 120 | 125 | 130 | 7 | 225 | 6 |
| IWF World Cup |
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| Phuket, Thailand | 59 kg | 96 | 101 | 101 | 7 | 121 | 126 | 128 | 7 | 227 | 8 |
| Commonwealth Games |
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| align=left | Birmingham, England | | 90 | 94 | 95 | | 110 | 115 | 116 | | 206 | |
| African Games |
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| align=left | Rabat, Morocco | 59 kg | 90 | 93 | 95 | | 111 | 115 | 117 | | 210 | |
| align=left | Accra, Ghana | 59 kg | 85 | — | — | | 105 | — | — | | 190 | |
| African Championships |
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| align=left | Nairobi, Kenya | 59 kg | 88 | 90 | 92 | | 109 | 111 | 115 | | 201 | |
| align=left | Tunis, Tunisia | 59 kg | 91 | 91 | 95 | | 115 | 115 | 122 | | 217 | |
| align=left | Ismailia, Egypt | 59 kg | 95 | 95 | 97 | | 115 | 119 | 122 | | 214 | |
| Commonwealth Championships |
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| align=left | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 59 kg | 89 | 92 | 92 | | 108 | 112 | 115 | | 207 | | |
Notes and References
- News: Palmer . Dan . 31 July 2022 . Nigerian breaks three records as India win two weightlifting golds at Birmingham 2022 . InsideTheGames.biz . 2 August 2022.
- Web site: 2019 African Games Weightlifting Results. International Weightlifting Federation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200529163619/https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event=477. 29 May 2020. 29 May 2020.
- News: Etchells. Daniel. 27 August 2019. Ekevwo and Ta Lou claim 100m titles at African Games. InsideTheGames.biz. 27 August 2019.
- Web site: Records Broken. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190926135024/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/wl/engwl_weightlifting-broken-records.htm. 26 September 2019. 28 December 2021. 2019 African Games.
- Web site: 2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
- Web site: Day 5 – 2021 IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships . . 24 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211224234508/https://iwf.sport/2021/12/12/day-5-2021-iwf-world-championships-and-commonwealth-championships/ . 24 December 2021 . 12 December 2021.
- Web site: 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211224165657/https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/newsarchive/docs/2021/Results_Book_Commonwealth_Championships.pdf. 24 December 2021. 25 December 2021. Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation.
- News: Oliver. Brian. 23 December 2021. Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February. InsideTheGames.biz. 25 December 2021.
- Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808105119/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/CG2022_WLF_v1.0.pdf . 8 August 2022 . 3 November 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games.
- Web site: Women Records Broken . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804080400/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/2022-08-03/WLFW------------------------------__C81_8.0.pdf . 4 August 2022 . 4 August 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games.
- Web site: 2023 African Games Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240325110847/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2024/03/All-Result-Book_240316_130101.pdf . 25 March 2024 . 28 March 2024 . International Weightlifting Federation.
- Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.
