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|name= Chuk Enekwechi
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|caption=2023 African Games
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|fullname= Chukwuebuka Cornnell Enekwechi
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's shot put|shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 African Games|2019 Rabat]]|[[Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2023 African Games|2023 Accra]]|[[Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2018 African Championships in Athletics|2018 Asaba]]|[[2018 African Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|
{{Medal|Gold|[[2022 African Championships in Athletics|2022 Saint Pierre]]|[[2022 African Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
▲{{Medal|Competition|[[All-Africa Games]]}}
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'''Chukwuebuka Cornnell Enekwechi''' (born 28 January 1993
== Personal ==
His parents, Christian and Christiana Enekwechi, are Nigerians from [[Anambra State|Anambra]] and Imo State, respectively. He has three siblings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://purduesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4062|title=2015-16 Track & Field Roster - Chukwuebuka Enekwechi|website=Purdue University Athletics
== Career ==
While competing for [[Purdue University]], he threw the [[shot put]], [[discus]], [[hammer throw|hammer]] and [[weight throw|weight]]. He was runner
While at [[Francis Lewis High School]], he won two city championships,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.purduesports.com/sports/c-track/mtt/chukwuebuka_enekwechi_785630.html |title=Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Bio :: Purdue University :: Official Athletic Site |access-date=3 March 2018 |archive-date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303225149/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/c-track/mtt/chukwuebuka_enekwechi_785630.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was the 2012
=== Post Collegiate ===
Enekwechi threw over twenty metres in the shot put for the first time in 2016. He won his first national title at the 2016 Nigerian Championships in [[Sapele, Delta|Sapele]] with a distance of 19.60 m.<ref name=":0" /> He chased after the Olympic qualification shot put mark of 20.50 m but only managed a best of 20.45 that year. It was in 2017 that he first represented Nigeria internationally. At the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|London World Championships]], he did not make it out of the qualifying round.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2017 |title=Results, Shot Put Men - Qualification |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-SP-M-q----.RS6.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910202710/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-SP-M-q----.RS6.pdf |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> He also represented Nigeria at the [[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 World Indoor Championships]].
2018 was a breakthrough year for Enekwechi. At the [[2018 Commonwealth Games|Gold Coast Commonwealth Games]], he won a silver medal behind [[Tom Walsh (athlete)|Tom Walsh]] with a throw of 21.14 m. At the time, this was a personal best for him. Enekwechi then went on to win the shot put title at the [[2018 African Championships in Athletics|African championships]] in [[Asaba, Delta|Asaba]] later in the year. His winning mark of 21.08 m is the African championships record. As the African champion, he was selected to represent Africa at the [[2018 IAAF Continental Cup|Ostrava Continental Cup]]. In December 2018, he won both the shot put and [[hammer throw]] at the 19th National Sports Festival in [[Abuja]]. He set a national sports festival record of 20.36 to win the shot put.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayodeji |first=Ayodeji |date=2018-12-25 |title=Top 5 Nigerian Athletes who came to limelight in 2018 |url=https://saveoursports.ng/top-5-nigerian-athletes-who-came-to-limelight-in-2018/ |
He began his 2019 outdoor season with a shot put personal best of 21.28 m at the Taylor George Glass Invitational.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crossroadstiming.com/results/2019/TaylorInvit/index.html|title=2019 Taylor George Glass Invitational {{!}} MeetPro by DirectAthletics|website=crossroadstiming.com|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/world-mens-list-2019/|title=World Men's List — 2019|website=Track & Field News
== National Titles ==
* [[Shot put
== Personal bests ==
'''Outdoor'''
* [[Shot put
'''Indoor'''
*
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