Nigeria Team ends 2024 Paralympics with seven medals
Team Nigeria’s seven-medal haul at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, which ended on Sunday, marks the country’s worst outing at the summer event.
Nigeria finished the tournament with two gold, three silver, and two bronze medals to finish in 40th position.
On Sunday, Nigeria’s Folashade Oluwafemiayo broke her world record in the women’s over 86 kg para-powerlifting, becoming the first para-athlete in history to lift 166 kg and winning a gold medal in the process.
It was an incredible performance from Oluwafemiayo, who took Nigeria’s tally at the Paralympics to seven medals overall.
Team Nigeria had previously claimed three medals on the penultimate day of the event, with Isau Ogunkunle winning para-table tennis bronze, Bose Omolayo bagging para-powerlifting silver, and Flora Ugwunwa claiming women’s javelin silver.
While Ogunkunle earned a bronze medal in the Men’s Singles Class 4 Para Table Tennis event to become the first Nigerian athlete to win an individual feat since the Sydney 2000 Games, Omolayo lifted an impressive 145kg to win silver for Nigeria in the Women’s 79kg Para Powerlifting category.
Ugwunwa claimed a silver medal in the Women’s Javelin F54 category with a remarkable throw of 19.26 meters, finishing 2nd in a highly competitive field.
Rio 2016 remains the country’s best outing with eight gold, two silver, and two bronze medals.
At Tokyo 2020, the team failed to build on their success in Rio as they could only muster four gold, one silver medal, and five bronze medals.
The two gold medals won in Paris are the country’s lowest since Barcelona 92.
