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{{shortShort description|American-Nigerian trackathlete and(born field athlete1993)}}
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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|Competition|[[African Games]]}}
{{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|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2022 African Championships in Athletics|2022 Saint Pierre]]|[[2022 African Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
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{{Medal|Gold|[[2024 African Championships in Athletics |2024 Douala]]|[[2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|Shot put]]}}
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'''Chukwuebuka Cornnell Enekwechi''' (born 28 January 28, 1993, in [[Queens, New York]]) is a [[Nigerian Americans|Nigerian-]][[United States|American]] track and field]] athlete, specializing in throwing events. Born Hein the United States, he competes internationally for [[Nigeria]]. He is the 2018 [[Commonwealth Games]] Silver medallistmedalist and reigning [[African Championships in Athletics|African Champion]] in the [[shot put]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/obiri-ta-lou-samaai-african-champs-day-2|title=Obiri and Ta Lou dominate, Samaai defeats Manyonga at African Championships in Asaba{{!}} News {{!}} iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> He is also the 2019 [[African Games]] Champion and the reigning [[Nigerian National Sports Festival]] Champion.
 
 
== 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=httphttps://purduesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4062|title=Chukwuebuka Enekwechi 2015-16 Track & Field Roster - Chukwuebuka Enekwechi|website=Purdue University Athletics|language=en|access-date=25 August 2019-04-26}}</ref> Enekwechi also works as a throws coach for [[West Lafayette High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/03/28/former-purdue-all-american-coach-raises-bar-west-lafayette-throwers/466479002/|title=Former Purdue All-American raises bar for West Lafayette throwers|website=Journal & Courier|language=en|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/aag-2019-enekwechi-produces-another-stunner/|title=AAG 2019: Enekwechi produces another stunner|date=2019-08-16|website=The Sun Nigeria|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
While competing for [[Purdue University]], he threw the [[shot put]], [[discus]], [[hammer throw|hammer]] and [[weight throw|weight]]. He was runner -up at the [[2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2016 NCAA Championships]] in the shot put and sixth in the hammer that same day. He was the 2014 and 2015 Big Ten Champion in the Hammer Throw and also the Field athlete of the year in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bigten.org/news/2015/5/19/big_ten_announces_men_s_outdoor_track_amp_field_individual_honors.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308025619/https://bigten.org/news/2015/5/19/big_ten_announces_men_s_outdoor_track_amp_field_individual_honors.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2022|title=Big Ten Announces Men's Outdoor Track & Field Individual Honors|website=bigten.org|language=en[[Big Ten Conference]]|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref>
 
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 USATF[[USA Track & Field]] Youth Champion in the shot put.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USATF - Events - 2011 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2011/USAYouthOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F569.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222081043/http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2011/USAYouthOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F569.asp |archive-date=December 22, 2019}}</ref>
 
=== 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 makingmake 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 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|url=https://saveoursports.ng/top-5-nigerian-athletes-who-came-to-limelight-in-2018/|title=Top 5 Nigerian Athletes who came to limelight in 2018|date=2018-12-25|website=Save Nigeria Sport|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyadvent.com/sports/2018/12/14/delta-state-star-sets-new-national-sports-festival-record/|title=Delta State star sets new National Sports Festival record – Daily Advent Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref>▼
 
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|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> This mark remained one of the top ten throws in the world until he bettered it at the [[Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo]] World Challenge meet. He set a new Nigerian National record of 21.77 m to win the event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/grande-premio-brasil-de-atletismo-6542/results/men/shot-put/final/result#resultheader|title=Shot Put Result {{!}} Grande Premio Brasil de Atletismo {{!}} iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> This record bettered the previous record held by [[Stephen Mozia]] which was 21.76 m.
 
▲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/ |titleurl-status=Topdead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308035624/https://saveoursports.ng/top-5 Nigerian Athletes -nigerian-athletes-who -came -to -limelight -in -2018/ |archive-date=20188 March 2022 |access-12-25date=28 April 2019 |website=Save Nigeria Sport|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ogeyingbo |first=Deji |date=2018-12-27 |title=Top 20 Nigerian Athletes in 2018 Part 4 (5 - 1) |url=httphttps://www.dailyadventmakingofchamps.com/sports/2018/12/1427/deltatop-state20-starnigerian-setsathletes-newin-national2018-sportspart-festival4-record5-1/ |titleurl-status=Deltalive State|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910204325/https://www.makingofchamps.com/2018/12/27/top-20-nigerian-athletes-in-2018-part-4-5-1/ star|archive-date=2023-09-10 sets|access-date=2023-09-10 new|website=MAKING NationalOF SportsCHAMPIONS Festival record – Daily Advent Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref>
 
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|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> This mark remained one of the top ten throws in the world until he bettered it at the [[Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo]] World Challenge meet. He set a new Nigerian National record of 21.77 m to win the event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 28, 2019 |title=Results: 2019 Grande Premio Brasil De Atletismo |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/1989/results-2019-grande-premio-brasil-de-atletismo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910205225/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/1989/results-2019-grande-premio-brasil-de-atletismo |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |access-date=September 10, 2023 |website=Watch Athletics}}</ref> This record bettered the previous record held by [[Stephen Mozia]] which was 21.76 m.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsafrica.blogspot.com/2019/04/enekwechi-sets-new-nigerian-shot-put.html|title=Enekwechi sets new Nigerian Shot Put record in Bragança Paulista - IAAF World Challenge 2019|website=Enekwechi sets new Nigerian Shot Put record in Bragança Paulista - IAAF World Challenge 2019|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref> Enekwechi represented Nigeria at the [[2019 African Games|2019 All Africa Games]]. Going into the competition, he had bettered his national record with a throw of 21.80 m a little over a week before the games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nigeriaathletics.com/weekend-wrap-enekwechis-monstrous-throw-erases-nr-as-amusan-impressively-takes-3rd-in-birmingham/|title=Weekend Wrap: Enekwechi's huge throw erases NR, as Amusan impressively takes 3rd in Birmingham|date=2019-08-19|website=Nigeria Athletics|access-date=2019-09-20|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812172217/https://nigeriaathletics.com/weekend-wrap-enekwechis-monstrous-throw-erases-nr-as-amusan-impressively-takes-3rd-in-birmingham/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Showing impressive consistency, he won the event with a 21.48 m throw, which is also an African Games record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.makingofchamps.com/2019/08/27/team-nigeria-review-african-games-day-12-tuesday-august-27th/|title=Team Nigeria Review – African Games Day 12 (Tuesday, August 27th)|last=Ogeyingbo|first=Deji|date=2019-08-27|website=MAKING OF CHAMPIONS|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref> This made him the third Nigerian man to win the event at the African Games. He represented Nigeria at the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 World Championships]] in [[Doha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.makingofchamps.com/2019/09/19/okagbare-oduduru-amusan-top-nigerias-entry-list-for-2019-world-champs/|title=Okagbare, Oduduru & Amusan top Nigeria's entry list for 2019 World Champs|last=Maduewesi|first=Christopher|date=2019-09-19|website=MAKING OF CHAMPIONS|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref> Going into the championships, he was still ranked within the top ten in the world.
 
== National Titles ==
 
* [[Shot put|Shot Put]]: 2016<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.makingofchamps.com/2016/07/09/10922/|title=Official Results of 2016 Nigerian Olympic Trials|last=Olus|first=Yemi|date=2016-07-09|website=MAKING OF CHAMPIONS|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
 
== Personal bests ==
'''Outdoor'''
 
* [[Shot put|Shot Put]] – 21.7780 ([[Bragança PaulistaSchifflange]] 2019)
 
'''Indoor'''
 
* [[Shot put|Shot Put]] – 21.0920 (Notre[[Iowa DameCity, Iowa|Iowa City]] 20192023)
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Footer African Champions men's shot put}}▼
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==External links==
* {{iaafWorld nameAthletics|id=282372|name=Chukwuebuka Enekwechi}}
* {{Twitter}}
* {{Instagram}}
 
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[[Category:1993 births]]
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[[Category:PeopleSportspeople from Queens, New York]]
[[Category:Nigerian male shot putters]]
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[[Category:World Athletics Championships in Athletics athletes for Nigeria]]
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]]
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[[Category:African Games gold medalists for Nigeria]]
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