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'''[[Nigeria]]''' competed at the '''[[2004 Summer Paralympics]]''' in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. The team included 14 athletes, 6 men and 8 women. Competitors from Nigeria won 12 medals, including 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze to finish 28th in the [[2004 Summer Paralympics medal table|medal table]].
'''[[Nigeria]]''' competed at the '''[[2004 Summer Paralympics]]''' in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. The team included 14 athletes, 6 men and 8 women. Competitors from Nigeria won 12 medals, including 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze.


In many parts of Black Africa, people who have disabilities that include insanity, and physical disabilities such as impairments and deformities often face cultural barriers to participation because of attitudes related to their disabilities. These include beliefs that they acquired their disabilities because their parents were witches or they are wizards. Their disability is often seen as a result of a personal failing on their part. As such, there is often tremendous cultural pressure for people with physical disabilities to remain hidden and out of the public eye. In many places, they are perceived to be monsters in need of healing.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnP_ZJUUdPwC&q=cameroon&pg=PA231|title=The Paralympic Games: Empowerment Or Side Show?|last1=Gilbert|first1=Keith|last2=Schantz|first2=Otto J.|last3=Schantz|first3=Otto|date=2008-01-01|publisher=Meyer & Meyer Verlag|isbn=9781841262659|language=en}}</ref> This is the context to which Nigerian Paralympians engage both society and sport internally, in their own country.<ref>Thomas, Gareth Martin and Banks, Tim (2013). "'We Aren't Racing a Fair Race': Rawls, Sen, and the Paralympic Games". ''Sociological Research Online'' 18(3)14 http://www.socresonline.org.uk/18/3/14.html</ref>
== Background ==
In many parts of Black Africa, people who have disabilities that include insanity, and physical disabilities such as impairments and deformities often face cultural barriers to participation because of attitudes related to their disabilities. These include beliefs that they acquired their disabilities because their parents were witches or they are wizards. Their disability is often seen as a result of a personal failing on their part. As such, there is often tremendous cultural pressure for people with physical disabilities to remain hidden and out of the public eye. In many places, they are perceived to be monsters in need of healing.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.es/books?id=JnP_ZJUUdPwC&pg=PA231&dq=cameroon+paralympics&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=cameroon&f=false|title=The Paralympic Games: Empowerment Or Side Show?|last=Gilbert|first=Keith|last2=Schantz|first2=Otto J.|last3=Schantz|first3=Otto|date=2008-01-01|publisher=Meyer & Meyer Verlag|isbn=9781841262659|language=en}}</ref> This is the context to which Nigerian Paralympians engage both society and sport internally, in their own country.<ref>Thomas, Gareth Martin and Banks, Tim (2013). <nowiki>''</nowiki>We Aren't Racing a Fair Race': Rawls, Sen, and the Paralympic Games'. ''Sociological Research Online'' 18(3)14 <nowiki>&</nowiki>lt;<nowiki>http://www.socresonline.org.uk/18/3/14.html</nowiki></ref>

== Team ==
The team included 14 athletes, 6 men and 8 women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=participation&games=2004PG&sport=all|title=Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=8 June 2011}}</ref> Among Nigeria's representatives were powerlifter [[Patience Aghimile Igbiti]] and table tennis player [[Segun Toriola]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/world/2008-09-10/1630960.html|title=Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee|website=en.olympic.cn|access-date=2016-10-26}}</ref><ref name=":1" />


== Medals ==
== Medals ==
Competitors from Nigeria won 12 medals, including 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze to finish 28th in the [[2004 Summer Paralympics medal table|medal table]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=2004PG&sport=all|title=Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=8 June 2011}}</ref> The Nigerian Paralympic delegation left the Games having won more medals than their Olympic counterparts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37348488|title=Nigeria's Nollywood winner and other Paralympic surprises|date=2016-09-13|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-10-25}}</ref>
Competitors from Nigeria won 12 medals, including 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze to finish 28th in the [[2004 Summer Paralympics medal table|medal table]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=2004PG&sport=all|title=Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=8 June 2011}}</ref> The Nigerian Paralympic delegation left the Games having won more medals than their Olympic counterparts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37348488|title=Nigeria's Nollywood winner and other Paralympic surprises|date=2016-09-13|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-10-25}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" href="Nigeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics"
{| class="wikitable"
!Medal
!Athlete
!Sport
!Event
|-
|-
!style="width:6em"| Medal
|{{gold medal}}
!style="width:10em"| Name
|{{sortname|Adekundo|Adesoji}}
!style="width:7em"| Sport
|[[File:Athletics_pictogram.svg|25x25px]] [[Athletics at the 2004 Paralympics|Athletics]]
!style="width:10em"| Event
|Men's sprint
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Adekundo Adesoji]] || [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || Men's 100m T12
|{{gold medal}}
|{{sortname|Adekundo|Adesoji}}
|[[File:Athletics_pictogram.svg|25x25px]] [[Athletics at the 2004 Paralympics|Athletics]]
|Men's sprint
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Adekundo Adesoji]] || [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || Men's 200m T12
|{{gold medal}}
|{{sortname|Adekundo|Adesoji}}
|[[File:Athletics_pictogram.svg|25x25px]] [[Athletics at the 2004 Paralympics|Athletics]]
|Men's sprint
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Adekundo Adesoji]] || [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || Men's 400m T12
|{{gold medal}}
|{{sortname|Silver|Ezeikpe}}
|[[File:Athletics_pictogram.svg|25x25px]] [[Athletics at the 2004 Paralympics|Athletics]]
|Men's javelin
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Silver Ezeikpe]] || [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || Men's javelin throw F58
|{{gold medal}}
|-
|{{sortname|Lucy|Ejike}}
|[[File:Powerlifting_pictogram.svg|25x25px]] [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Paralympics|Powerlifting]]
| {{gold medal}} || [[Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || Women's 44kg
|-
|Women's powerlifting
| {{silver medal}} || [[Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi]] || [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || Women's javelin throw F56-58
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Solomon Ikechukwu Amarakuo]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || Men's 100kg
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Ijeoma John]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || Women's 40kg
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Aghimile Patience Igbiti]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || Women's 56kg
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Ruel Ishaku]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || Men's 48kg
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Kike Adedeji Ogunbamowo]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || Women's 75kg
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Ebere Grace Anozie]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || Women's +82.5kg
|}
|}


== Powerlifting ==
==Sports==
===Athletics===
{{See also|Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics}}[[Patience Aghimile Igbiti]] left Athens with a silver in the women's -56&nbsp;kg event.<ref name=":0" />
{{See also|Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics}}


====Men's track====
== Table tennis ==
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
{{See also|Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics}}Nigeria was represented in table tennis by [[Segun Toriola]]. These were Toriola's fourth Paralympic Games.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=Africa's record Olympian: How I made it to seven games|date=August 12, 2016|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37060464|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB|accessdate=October 25, 2016}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Class
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Adekundo Adesoji]]'''
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T12
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|100m]]
| style="text-align:center;"|10.77 '''PR'''
| style="text-align:center;"|1 '''Q'''
| style="text-align:center;"|10.78
| style="text-align:center;"|1 '''Q'''
| style="text-align:center;"|10.75 '''WR'''
| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|200m]]
| style="text-align:center;"|21.77 '''WR'''
| style="text-align:center;"|1 '''Q'''
| style="text-align:center;"|22.02
| style="text-align:center;"|2 '''Q'''
| style="text-align:center;"|21.78
| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|400m]]
| style="text-align:center;"|49.56 '''PR'''
| style="text-align:center;"|1 '''Q'''
| style="text-align:center;"|49.82
| style="text-align:center;"|1 '''Q'''
| style="text-align:center;"|48.93 '''PR'''
| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Chijoke Kingsley]]
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T11
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|100m]]
| style="text-align:center;"|11.86
| style="text-align:center;"|7 '''Q'''
| style="text-align:center;"|11.80
| style="text-align:center;"|5 ''q''
| style="text-align:center;"|11.80
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|200m]]
| style="text-align:center;"|24.20
| style="text-align:center;"|4 '''q'''
| style="text-align:center;"|24.38
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|400m]]
| style="text-align:center;"|54.33
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|did not advance
|}

====Men's field====
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Class
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="3"|Final
|-
!Result
!Points
!Rank
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Silver Ezeikpe]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"|F56
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Shot put]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|DSQ
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|F58
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Javelin]]
| style="text-align:center;"|50.72 '''WR'''
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}
|}

====Women's field====
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Class
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="3"|Final
|-
!Result
!Points
!Rank
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''[[Njideka E. Iyiazi]]'''
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|F56-58
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Discus]]
| style="text-align:center;"|29.84
| style="text-align:center;"|962
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Javelin]]
| style="text-align:center;"|27.61
| style="text-align:center;"|1105
| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Shot put]]
| style="text-align:center;"|10.12 '''WR'''
| style="text-align:center;"|1106
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|}

===Powerlifting===
{{See also|Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics}}

====Men====
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Result
!Rank
|-
|[[Okechukwu Alfa]]
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|75kg]]
| style="text-align:center;"|190.0
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|'''[[Solomon Amarakuo]]'''
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|100kg]]
| style="text-align:center;"|235.0
| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}
|-
|'''[[Ruel Ishaku]]'''
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|48kg]]
| style="text-align:center;"|157.5
| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}
|}

====Women====
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Result
!Rank
|-
|'''[[Grace Anozie]]'''
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|+82.5kg]]
| style="text-align:center;"|140.0
| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}
|-
|'''[[Lucy Ejike]]'''
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|44kg]]
| style="text-align:center;"|127.5 '''WR'''
| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}
|-
|'''[[Aghimile Patience Igbiti]]'''
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|56kg]]
| style="text-align:center;"|122.5
| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}
|-
|[[Iyabo Ismaila]]
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|52kg]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|NMR
|-
|'''[[Ijeoma John]]'''
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|40kg]]
| style="text-align:center;"|97.5
| style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}
|-
|[[Victoria Nneji]]
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|67.5kg]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|NMR
|-
|'''[[Kike Adedeji Ogunbamowo]]'''
|[[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|75kg]]
| style="text-align:center;"|120.0
| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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Nigeria at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeNGR
NPCNigeria Paralympic Committee
in Athens
Competitors14 in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
12
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Nigeria competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 14 athletes, 6 men and 8 women. Competitors from Nigeria won 12 medals, including 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze.

In many parts of Black Africa, people who have disabilities that include insanity, and physical disabilities such as impairments and deformities often face cultural barriers to participation because of attitudes related to their disabilities. These include beliefs that they acquired their disabilities because their parents were witches or they are wizards. Their disability is often seen as a result of a personal failing on their part. As such, there is often tremendous cultural pressure for people with physical disabilities to remain hidden and out of the public eye. In many places, they are perceived to be monsters in need of healing.[1] This is the context to which Nigerian Paralympians engage both society and sport internally, in their own country.[2]

Medals

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Competitors from Nigeria won 12 medals, including 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze to finish 28th in the medal table.[3] The Nigerian Paralympic delegation left the Games having won more medals than their Olympic counterparts.[4]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Adekundo Adesoji Athletics Men's 100m T12
 Gold Adekundo Adesoji Athletics Men's 200m T12
 Gold Adekundo Adesoji Athletics Men's 400m T12
 Gold Silver Ezeikpe Athletics Men's javelin throw F58
 Gold Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike Powerlifting Women's 44kg
 Silver Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi Athletics Women's javelin throw F56-58
 Silver Solomon Ikechukwu Amarakuo Powerlifting Men's 100kg
 Silver Ijeoma John Powerlifting Women's 40kg
 Silver Aghimile Patience Igbiti Powerlifting Women's 56kg
 Bronze Ruel Ishaku Powerlifting Men's 48kg
 Bronze Kike Adedeji Ogunbamowo Powerlifting Women's 75kg
 Bronze Ebere Grace Anozie Powerlifting Women's +82.5kg

Sports

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Athletics

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See also: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

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Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Adekundo Adesoji T12 100m 10.77 PR 1 Q 10.78 1 Q 10.75 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200m 21.77 WR 1 Q 22.02 2 Q 21.78 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400m 49.56 PR 1 Q 49.82 1 Q 48.93 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chijoke Kingsley T11 100m 11.86 7 Q 11.80 5 q 11.80 1
200m 24.20 4 q 24.38 11 did not advance
400m 54.33 9 did not advance

Men's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Silver Ezeikpe F56 Shot put DSQ
F58 Javelin 50.72 WR - 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Njideka E. Iyiazi F56-58 Discus 29.84 962 10
Javelin 27.61 1105 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put 10.12 WR 1106 4

Powerlifting

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See also: Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Men

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Athlete Event Result Rank
Okechukwu Alfa 75kg 190.0 6
Solomon Amarakuo 100kg 235.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ruel Ishaku 48kg 157.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women

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Athlete Event Result Rank
Grace Anozie +82.5kg 140.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lucy Ejike 44kg 127.5 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Aghimile Patience Igbiti 56kg 122.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Iyabo Ismaila 52kg NMR
Ijeoma John 40kg 97.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Victoria Nneji 67.5kg NMR
Kike Adedeji Ogunbamowo 75kg 120.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gilbert, Keith; Schantz, Otto J.; Schantz, Otto (1 January 2008). The Paralympic Games: Empowerment Or Side Show?. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. ISBN 9781841262659.
  2. ^ Thomas, Gareth Martin and Banks, Tim (2013). "'We Aren't Racing a Fair Race': Rawls, Sen, and the Paralympic Games". Sociological Research Online 18(3)14 http://www.socresonline.org.uk/18/3/14.html
  3. ^ "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Nigeria's Nollywood winner and other Paralympic surprises". BBC News. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.


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