Paul Kehinde
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| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1988 Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 65 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Paul Kehinde (born 7 July 1988) is a Nigerian Para powerlifter.[1] He was born in Epe, in Lagos state, Nigeria. He competes in the men's 65 kg class and also occasionally in the 72 kg class. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games[2] he competed in the men's 72 kg event where he won a gold medal.[3] He now however competes regularly in the 65 kg class.
- Achievements:
- 2011–World Championships Silver medalist
- 2014- Commonwealth Games Gold medalist
- 2015- Malaysia World Cup Gold medalist
- 2015- All Africa Games Gold medalist setting an African Record of 214 kg.
- 2016- Rio Paralympics- Broke the World Record twice with lifts of 218 kg & 220 kg
- 2017- Mexico World Championships Gold medalist with another World Record lift of 220.5 kg.
- 2018 -World Para-Power lifting Championships, Fazza, Dubia. Gold medal with Record breaking lift of 221 kg .
- 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia. Silver medalist in +65 kg Para-Power lifting
- 2018-August - African Para-Power lifting Championships +65 kg Gold medalist
- 2018-December -Nigerian National Sports Festival +65 kg Silver medalist.
References
- "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- Salman, Ganiyu (3 August 2014). "Nigeria grabs 4 gold in powerlifting". Nigerian Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- Adedeji, Lekan (10 September 2014). "Powerlifters Not Encouraged - Kehinde". Sports Day. Africa. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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