Eucharia Iyiazi

Iyiazi at London 2012 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi
Born	19 November 1973 (1973-11-19) (age 50)
Medal record Women's para-athletics Representing  Nigeria Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Discus Throw - F57/58 2008 Beijing Shot Put - F57/58 2004 Athens Javelin throw F56-58 2012 Rio de Janeiro Shot Put - F57/58 2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus Throw - F57 2020 Tokyo Shot put - F57 Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Shot put - F57

Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi (born 19 November 1973)^[1][2] is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category F57/58 shot put and discus throw events. She has competed at four paralympics taking two gold, a silver and two bronze medals.^[3]

Iyiazi competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There, she won a gold medal in both the women's shot put F57/F58 event and the women's discus throw F57/F58 event.^[3] At the Beijing Paralympics, Iyiazzi set the world and Paralympic record for the F58 class in shot put^[2] and discus.^[4]

Iyiazi took a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She threw 27.54 meters to again take the discus bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[3] She won a bronze medal at 2020 Summer paralympic games.^[5][6]

She won a gold medal in the women's F55-57 shot put at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham on 6 August 2022 with a throw of 10.03meters. It was Nigeria's eighth gold medal at the 2022 CWG. ^[7]

References

External links

• Eucharia Iyiazi at the International Paralympic Committee
• Eucharia Iyiazi at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)

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