Nigerian records in Olympic weightlifting

The following are the national records in Olympic weightlifting in Nigeria. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts by the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation.

Current records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
55 kg
Snatch	95 kg	King Kalu	25 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[1]
Clean and Jerk	123 kg	King Kalu	25 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[2]
Total	218 kg	King Kalu	25 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[3]
61 kg
Snatch	120 kg	Emmanuel Appiah	26 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[4]
Clean & Jerk	151 kg	Emmanuel Appiah	26 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[5]
Total	271 kg	Emmanuel Appiah	26 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[6]
67 kg
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
73 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
81 kg
Snatch	146 kg	Mamdum Seldum	27 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[7]
Clean and Jerk	178 kg	Mamdum Seldum	27 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[8]
Total	324 kg	Mamdum Seldum	27 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[9]
89 kg
Snatch	149 kg	Desmond Akano	28 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[10]
Clean and Jerk	180 kg	Desmond Akano	28 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[11]
Total	329 kg	Desmond Akano	28 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[12]
96 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
102 kg
Snatch	158 kg	Patrick Olawale Barde	29 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[13]
Clean and Jerk	185 kg	Vincent Abayomi	29 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[14]
Total	343 kg	Patrick Olawale Barde	29 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[15]
109 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
+109 kg
Snatch	143 kg	Abdulakeem Tijani Abdul	30 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[16]
Clean and Jerk	180 kg	Abdulakeem Tijani Abdul	30 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[17]
Total	323 kg	Abdulakeem Tijani Abdul	30 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[18]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
45 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
49 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
55 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk	116 kg	Adijat Olarinoye	26 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[19]
Total
59 kg
Snatch	93 kg	Folashade Rafiatu Lawal	27 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco
Clean & Jerk	125 kg	Chinenye Fidelis	3 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[20]
Total	215 kg	Chinenye Fidelis	3 November 2018	World Championships	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	[20]
64 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
71 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
76 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
81 kg
Snatch	93 kg	Bilikis Abiocun	April 2019	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[21]
Clean and Jerk	125 kg	Bilikis Abiocun	April 2019	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[22]
Total	218 kg	Bilikis Abiocun	April 2019	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	[23]
87 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total
+87 kg
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Total

Historical records

Men (1998–2018)

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
-56 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
-62 kg
Snatch	112 kg	Favour Agboro	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[24]
Clean & Jerk	156 kg	Favour Agboro	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[25]
Total	267 kg	Favour Agboro	5 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[26]
-69 kg
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
-77 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk	185 kg	Dare Alabi	October 2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
Total
-85 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
-94 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
-105 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
+105 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total

Women (1998–2018)

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
-48 kg
Snatch	75 kg	Blessed Udoh	14 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
Clean and jerk	105 kg	Blessed Udoh	14 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
Total	180 kg	Blessed Udoh	14 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
-53 kg
Snatch	80 kg	Chinenye Fidelis	6 November 2011	World Championships	Paris, France
Clean and jerk	115 kg	Chinenye Fidelis	6 November 2011	World Championships	Paris, France
Total	202 kg	Chineye Fidelis	31 March 2012	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenia	[27]
-58 kg
Snatch	95 kg	Franca Gbodo	16 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
Clean and jerk	122 kg	Chinenye Fidelis	10 May 2016	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	[28]
Total	212 kg	Franca Gbodo	16 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
-63 kg
Snatch	96 kg	Caro Okouokha	30 November 2012	XVIII National Sports Festival	Lagos, Nigeria	[29]
Clean and jerk
Total	214 kg	Caro Okouokha	30 November 2012	XVIII National Sports Festival	Lagos, Nigeria	[30]
-69 kg
Snatch
Clean and jerk
Total
-75 kg
Snatch	110 kg	Hadiza Zakari	9 October 2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India
Clean and jerk	140 kg	Ruth Ogbeifo	20 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
Total
90 kg
Snatch	112 kg	Bilkisu Musa	27 November 1999	World Championships	Piraeus, Greece	[31]
Clean & Jerk
Total
+90 kg
Snatch	129 kg	Mariam Usman	5 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom
Clean and jerk	156 kg	Mariam Usman	13 November 2011	World Championships	Paris, France
Total	281 kg	Mariam Usman	29 March 2012	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenia

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