Uzoamaka Otuadinma (born 18 December 1990) is a Nigerian taekwondo practitioner.[1][2] She competes in the 73 kg event and has won a gold medal at the Taekwondo African Games and a bronze medal at the 2019 edition held in Rabat.

Uzoamaka Otuadinma
Personal information
Full nameUzoamaka Otuadinma
NationalityNigerian
Born (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 33)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville – 73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat – 73 kg
Korea Open
Silver medal – second place 2015 Chuncheon  +73 kg
Nigeria Open
Gold medal – first place 2019 Abuja   - 73 kg

Career

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At the 2014 Commonwealth Taekwondo Championship held in Edinburgh, she won a bronze medal.[3] The following year, she participated in the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville and she won a gold medal in the Women's Middleweight - 73 kg event.[4][5]

At the 2016 Olympic Games qualification Africa held in Agadir, she won a bronze medal in the +67 kg event. In the 2017 Korea Open at Chuncheon and 2019 Nigeria Open at Abuja, she won a silver. At the 2019 Nigeria Open held I Abuja, she won a gold medal. At the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, she represented Nigeria and won a bronze medal.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  2. ^ "Taekwondo - Uzoamaka Otuadinma (Nigeria)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  3. ^ Nov 16, epau84 |; news 1 | 0 |, 2014 | Slide (2014-11-16). "Edinburgh 2014 Commonwealth Championships: England finishes on top followed by Canada and Australia". WTM. Retrieved 2020-11-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Medals Table Paralympics 2015" (PDF). Brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  5. ^ "Powerlifting - Results, Records and Rankings - Results". paralympic.org.
  6. ^ Busari, Niyi (2019-08-25). "Rabat 2019: Nigeria Medals Update". BSN Sports. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  7. ^ "2019 African Games: Nigeria wins more medals in Taekwondo". 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
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