Chinazum Nwosu

Chinazum Nwosu

Personal information
Full name	Chinazum Ruth Nwosu
Born	(1994-12-29) 29 December 1994 (age 29)
Sport
Country	Nigeria
Sport	Taekwondo
Weight class	53 kg
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  Nigeria African Games 2019 Rabat 53 kg 2015 Brazzaville 53 kg 2023 Accra 53 kg 2023 Accra Mixed team African Taekwondo Championships 2016 Port Said 53 kg 2018 Agadir 53 kg 2021 Dakar 53 kg

Chinazum Ruth Nwosu (born 29 December 1994) is a Nigerian taekwondo practitioner. She won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. She also won the silver medal in this event at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

Career

At the 2016 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Agadir, Morocco, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event. In 2017, she competed in the women's bantamweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea. She was eliminated in her third match by Tatiana Kudashova of Russia. At the 2018 African Taekwondo Championships held in Agadir, Morocco, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event.[1]

In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event.[2] In the final, she defeated Oumaima El-Bouchti of Morocco.[2] In 2020, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco. She finished in third place and she did not qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2015	African Games	2nd	−53 kg
2016	African Taekwondo Championships	3rd	−53 kg
2018	African Taekwondo Championships	3rd	−53 kg
2019	African Games	1st	−53 kg
2021	African Taekwondo Championships	3rd	−53 kg
2024	African Games	3rd	−53 kg

References

1. "2018 African Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Data. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
2. "Taekwondo Day 1 Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
3. Palmer, Dan (29 February 2020). "Nigeria taekwondo player targets World Championships medal after Tokyo 2020 blow". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
4. "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

External links

• Chinazum Nwosu at TaekwondoData.com