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Chima Ugwu

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Name
  
Chima Ugwu

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Height
  
2.00 m


Chima Ugwu (born 19 July 1973 in Enugu) is a Nigerian shot putter. He also competes occasionally in discus throw.

He competed at the 1996, 2000, 2004 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals.

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]

References

Chima Ugwu Wikipedia