Felix Ekpo

Felix Ekpo
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
2007 Algiers 77 kg
African Championships
2008 Strand 77 kg

Felix Ekpo (born May 10, 1981) is a Nigerian weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category. His personal best is 335 kg.

He won overall gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games, with a total of 333 kg.[1]

At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 23rd with a total of 327 kg.[2]

He won gold in the snatch, silver in the clean and jerk, and overall silver at the 2008 African Championships, with a total of 335 kg.[2]

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg division finishing fifteenth with 325 kg.[3] In 2012 he competed in the same weight division and finished 8th with a total of 331 kg.[4]

He is 5 ft 3 inches tall and weighs 170 lb.

Notes and references

  1. "IX Igrzyskach Afrykañskich" (in Polish). polska-sztanga.h2.pl. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  2. 1 2 "EKPO Felix". International Weightlifting Federation.
  3. "EKPO Felix". International Weightlifting Federation.
  4. http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/weightlifting/77kg-m

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