Chika Amalaha

Chika Amalaha

Personal information
Full name	Chika Joy Amalaha
Nationality	Nigerian
Born	(1997-10-28) 28 October 1997 (age 27)[1] Abia State, Nigeria
Height	5 ft (152 cm)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb) (2014)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	53 kg
Coached by	Evelyn Timothy
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  Nigeria African Games 2019 Rabat 55 kg African Championships 2019 Cairo 55 kg Commonwealth Games Disqualified 2014 Glasgow 53 kg Commonwealth Championships 2013 Penang 53 kg
Updated on 9 January 2022

Chika Joy Amalaha (born 28 October 1997) is a Nigerian weightlifter. In 2019 she tested positive for metenolone and is banned until 2027 by the International Weightlifting Federation.[2]

2014 Commonwealth Games

Amalaha won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow,[3] and set a new Games records in 53 kg weight category in both the snatch and overall elements.

She later failed a drug test,[4] and was temporarily banned from continuing the Games on 29 July 2014 after Amiloride and Hydrochlorothiazide were found in her A sample. Her B sample was then sent for testing the following day, which returned positive to prohibited substances.[5] Following the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) scheduled meeting with Amalaha on 1 August 2014, she was subsequently stripped of her medal [6] As a result, Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea was awarded gold, Santoshi Matsa of India silver and Swati Singh, also of India, bronze.

Amalaha was subsequently handed a two-year doping ban. The ban ended 25 July 2016.[7]

References

1. "Glasgow 2014 - Chika Amalaha Profile". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
2. "Sanctions".
3. http://results.glasgow2014.com/medalists.html/9003805 ^[permanent dead link‍]
4. "Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Chika Amalaha fails doping test". TheGuardian.com. 29 July 2014.
5. "Chika Amalaha, Nigerian weightlifter could be stripped of won gold medal | Cofellow". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
6. "Nigerian weightlifter stripped of gold medal after positive drug test". August 2014.
7. International Weightlifting Federation: Sanctioned athletes Archived March 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, iwf.net. Retrieved 16 November 2014

External links

• Chika Joy AMALAHA at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Chika Amalaha at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)