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== 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|access-date=25 August 2019}}</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|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|title=Big Ten Announces Men's Outdoor Track & Field Individual Honors|website=bigten.org|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
=== 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
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|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.
== National Titles ==
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