Catherine Ekuta

Catherine Ekuta

Personal information
Full name	Catherine Ewa Ekuta
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	25 November 1979 Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.43 m (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	57 kg
Medal record Women's judo Competitor for  Nigeria All-Africa Games 1999 Johannesburg 63 kg 2007 Algiers 63 kg

Catherine Ewa Ekuta (born November 25, 1979 in Lagos) is a Nigerian judoka who competed in the women's lightweight category.^[1] She picked up two bronze medals each in the 57-kg division at the All-Africa Games (1999 and 2007), and represented her nation Nigeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Ekuta qualified for the two-member Nigerian judo squad in the women's lightweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.^[3] Ekuta received a bye in the opening round, before crashing down the tatami to an ippon and a sleeve lifting and pulling hip throw (sode tsurikomi goshi) from Switzerland's Lena Göldi with just forty-four seconds remaining in her first match.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "Catherine Ekuta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
2. "Nigeria: Judokas Target Eight Gold Medals From Algiers". Vanguard (Lagos: AllAfrica.com). 18 February 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
3. Olajire, Ademola (7 August 2004). "Nigeria: Judokas Target Eight Gold Medals From Algiers". Vanguard (AllAfrica.com). Retrieved 12 December 2014.
4. "Judo: Women's Lightweight (57kg/126 lbs) Round of 16". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. "Göldi greift nach Medaille" [Göldi has a chance of a medal] (in German). News.ch. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
6. "Lena Göldi, die Heldin der Schmerzen" [Lena Göldi, the heroine of the pain] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

External links

• Catherine Ekuta at JudoInside.com