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Nigerian athlete (born 1973)
Chima Kingsley Ugwu (born 19 July 1973 in
Enugu ) is a Nigerian
shot putter . He also occasionally competed in
discus throw .
He competed at the
1996 ,
2000 , and
2004 Summer Olympics , and the World Championships in
1993 ,
1997 and
2003 without reaching the finals.
Ugwu came to the United States in 1994 and won the 1995
NJCAA outdoor shot put title while attending
Central Arizona College .
[1]
[2] He was then recruited to play
defensive tackle for the
Arizona Wildcats football team, even though he had never played the sport before.
[3]
[4] He also won
Pacific-10 Conference titles in both the shot put and discus throw.
[5]
His personal best throw is 20.26 metres, achieved in July 2000 in
Lagos . This is the previous Nigerian record, and ranks him fifth in South Africans
Janus Robberts ,
Burger Lambrechts and
Karel Potgieter .
[1]
Personal life
In 2017, Ugwu was indicted for attempting to ship firearms to Nigeria.
[6] Chima was arrested in 2013 not 2017. The case went to trial in 2015 when charges were dismissed.
His son, Kingsley, plays football at
Kansas State .
[7]
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing
Nigeria
1989
African Championships
Lagos, Nigeria
2nd
Shot put
16.76 m
1991
All-Africa Games
Cairo, Egypt
1st
Shot put
17.64 m
1992
African Championships
Belle Vue, Mauritius
1st
Shot put
18.50 m
1993
African Championships
Durban, South Africa
2nd
Shot put
18.07 m
World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
26th (q)
Shot put
18.19 m
1994
Commonwealth Games
Victoria, Canada
3rd
Shot put
19.26 m
1995
All-Africa Games
Harare, Zimbabwe
2nd
Shot put
18.55 m
1996
Olympic Games
Atlanta, United States
25th (q)
Shot put
18.39 m
1997
World Championships
Athens, Greece
28th (q)
Shot put
18.00 m
2000
African Championships
Algiers, Algeria
1st
Shot put
19.02 m
3rd
Discus throw
57.91 m
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
21st (q)
Shot put
19.11 m
2002
Commonwealth Games
Manchester, United Kingdom
5th
Shot put
18.46 m
4th
Discus throw
59.19 m
2003
World Championships
Paris, France
23rd (q)
Discus throw
58.13 m
All-Africa Games
Abuja, Nigeria
2nd
Shot put
18.66 m
4th
Discus throw
62.26 m
Afro-Asian Games
Hyderabad, India
5th
Shot put
18.42 m
2nd
Discus throw
59.87 m
2006
African Championships
Bambous, Mauritius
4th
Shot put
16.59 m
3rd
Discus throw
51.56 m
2007
All-Africa Games
Algiers, Algeria
5th
Shot put
17.16 m
6th
Discus throw
53.75 m
2008
African Championships
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
6th
Shot put
15.77 m
4th
Discus throw
50.84 m
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