Joy Ogbonne Eze (born 6 June 2004) is a Nigerian weightlifter. She is a two-time gold medalist at the African Games. She also won the gold medal in the women's 64kg event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. She represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Career
She represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 64kg event. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Weightlifting Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.
She won the bronze medal in the clean & jerk event in the women's 71kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She finished in 6th place in this competition. She also set new youth records in the clean & jerk and in total. The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event. As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
She competed in the women's 71kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she lifted 100 kg in the Snatch. She did not register a result in the Clean & Jerk.
She won the gold medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana. In 2024, she competed in the women's 71kg event at the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She lifted 232 kg in total and placed seventh.
Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 2024 Paris, France 71 kg 95 101 105 120 127 131 232 7 World Championships 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 95 100 104 9 118 127 130 230 62023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia71 kg 100 100 105 17 122 127 132 15 227 14IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket, Thailand 71 kg 103 103 106 16 131 136 138 5 239 8 African Games 2019 Rabat, Morocco 64 kg 95 95 97 111 116 121 218 2024 Accra, Ghana 71 kg 90 95 — 117 — — 207 African Championships 2021 Nairobi, Kenya 64 kg 88 92 — 100 110 110 198 2023 Tunis, Tunisia 71 kg 97 102 105 120 120 125 227 2024 Ismailia, Egypt 71 kg 100 104 104 130 135 135 234 Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham, England 71 kg 95 100 103 125 125 125 — Commonwealth Championships 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 95 100 104 118 127 130 230
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