Rafiatu Lawal

Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (born 12 November 1996) is a Nigerian weightlifter. She represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[1] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rafiatu Folashade Lawal
Personal information
Born (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
2019 Rabat 59 kg
Commonwealth Championships
2021 Tashkent 59 kg
African Championships
2021 Nairobi 59 kg

Career

At the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg event.[1] She also won the gold medal in both the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.[1] She also set a new African record of 93 kg in the Snatch event.[2]

She competed in the women's 59 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3] She finished in 6th place in this competition.[3] The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event.[4][5] As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[6]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan59 kg899292610811211572076
African Games
2019 Rabat, Morocco59 kg909395111115117210
African Championships
2021 Nairobi, Kenya59 kg889092109111115201
Commonwealth Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan59 kg899292108112115207

References
  1. "2019 African Games Weightlifting Results". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. "Records Broken". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. "Day 5 – 2021 IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships". IWF. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  5. "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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