Catherine Ekuta

Catherine Ekuta
Personal information
Full name Catherine Ewa Ekuta
Nationality  Nigeria
Born (1979-11-25) 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

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 a gold and two bronze medals each in the 57-kg division at the All-Africa Games (1999 (Bronze), 2003 (Gold) and 2007 (Bronze)). The Gold medal was in 2003 All-Africa Games (Coja) Nigeria, in 57 kg she qualified 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 winning a Gold Medal in 2003 All-Africa Games (Coja)Nigeria, in 57 kg), she also placed 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.

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