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Mariam Usman

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Mariam Usman
Personal information
Born(1990-11-09)9 November 1990(age 33)
Height1.66 m (5 ft5+1⁄2in)
Weight122 kg (269 lb)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportWeightlifting
Event+75kg
Turned pro2007
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
RepresentingNigeria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing +75 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris +75 kg
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers +75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville +75 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow +75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi +75 kg
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Strand +75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Cape Town +75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Nairobi +75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yaounde +75 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Cape Town +75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Panang +75 kg
Updated on 15 October 2016

Mariam Usman(born 9 November 1990) is a Nigerianweightlifter.She competes in the women's +75 kg class, where she is a four-time African Champion and gold medalist at theCommonwealth Games.She also won a bronze medal at the2011 World Weightlifting Championshipsand has competed in three editions of theOlympic Games,winning a bronze medal in 2008.

Biography[edit]

Usman was born inKaduna,Nigeria and took up weightlifting as a way to combat harassment that she received from boys.[1]She debuted on the international scene in 2007, where she took silver in all three categories of the+75 divisionat the2007 All-Africa GamesinAlgiers,Algeria[2]and finished 9th at theWorld ChampionshipsinChiang Mai,Thailand.She then qualified for the2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing,Chinaby winning the +75 kg class at the 2008 African Weightlifting Championships inStrand,South Africa.[3]

At the Beijing Games Usman competed in the+75 kgdivision and finished fifth, but was upgraded to a bronze medal after the silver and bronze medalists from that event,Olha KorobkaandMariya Grabovetskaya,were suspended in August 2016 after testing positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.[3][4]She came in fifth at the2009 World ChampionshipsinGoyang,South Koreaand then took silver overall at the2010 Commonwealth GamesinDelhi,India.She improved to first at the 2011 Commonwealth and African Championships and took overall bronze at the2011 World Championshipsheld inParis,France.[3]

Usman qualified for the2012 Summer Olympicsby winning the +75 kg division at that year's African Championships inNairobi,Kenya,but in London failed to complete the Clean & Jerk portion ofthe eventand did not place. She was more successful in the ensuing years, however, taking gold at the 2013 Commonwealth Championships inPenang,Malaysiaand the2014 Commonwealth GamesinGlasgow,Scotland.At the2015 African GamesinBrazzaville,Congo,however, she slipped to silver and finished 17th at theWorld ChampionshipsinHouston,Texas.[3]

Nonetheless, Usman won the 2016 African Championships, held inYaounde,Cameroon,and was part of Nigeria'sdelegationto the2016 Summer OlympicsinRio de Janeiro,Brazil.There she finished 8th among 16 competitors in the+75 kg category.[3]Usman blamed her performance on lack of training opportunities offered to her in Nigeria and stated that she would no longer compete internationally for her home country.[5]

Senior level results[edit]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2008 ChinaBeijing,China +75 kg 115 115 120 4 145 150 156 2 265 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012 United KingdomLondon,United Kingdom +75 kg 125 129 133 3 160 160 160 - - -
2016 BrazilRio de Janeiro,Brazil +75 kg 115 120 120 11 145 150 152 8 265 9
World Championships
2007 ThailandChiang Mai,Thailand +75 kg 110 115 117 7 135 140 140 10 257 9
2009 South KoreaGoyang,South Korea +75 kg 105 110 115 6 135 140 145 5 260 5
2011 FranceParis,France +75 kg 117 117 121 5 151 156 160 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 273 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015 United StatesHouston,United States +75 kg 110 115 120 18 145 145 145 15 260 17
African Games
2007 AlgeriaAlgiers,Algeria +75 kg 110 110 118 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 133 138 142 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 248 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015 Republic of the CongoBrazzaville,Congo +75 kg 116 121 122 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 150 155 156 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 266 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games
2010 IndiaDelhi,India +75 kg 115 120 120 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 140 150 150 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 255 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 ScotlandGlasgow,Scotland +75 kg 115 120 125 1st place, gold medalist(s) 145 150 155 1st place, gold medalist(s) 280 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References[edit]

  1. ^"Maryam Usman".Organizing Committee of the2014 Commonwealth Games.30 July 2014.Retrieved15 October2016.
  2. ^"9th All-Africa Games"(PDF).Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. 20 July 2007.Retrieved15 October2016.
  3. ^abcde"USMAN Maryam NGR".International Weightlifting Federation.2016.Retrieved15 October2016.
  4. ^"Public Disclosures".International Weightlifting Federation.24 August 2016.Retrieved15 October2016.
  5. ^"I won't represent Nigeria again – Usman".Vanguard.Lagos.18 August 2016.Retrieved15 October2016.

External links[edit]

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