Nigeria · Women's 71 kg, August 2024
Joy Ogbonne Eze
Joy Ogbonne Eze is a weightlifter from Nigeria, born in 2004. The results below cover 11 competitions from 2019 to 2024. The latest result came in the women's 71 kg class, at the 2024 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 239 kg
- Best snatch
- 104 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 136 kg
Joy Ogbonne Eze's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 64 kg from 2019 to 2021, 71 kg from 2021 to 2024. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025. At 70.45 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 77 kg.
Latest result: 2024 Olympic Games, 7 August 2024, 71 kg, total 232 kg, place 7.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 kg2021 to 2024 | 104 | 136 | 239 |
| 64 kg2019 to 2021 | 97 | 121 | 218 |
Joy Ogbonne Eze by the numbers
Joy Ogbonne Eze's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.
- Best Sinclair score
- 293.4
- From 239 kg at 71 kg bodyweight, 2024 IWF World Cup. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 26th of 451
- 239 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 71 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 76%
- At the best total, 103 kg of 136 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
- Age at best total
- 20
- Turned 20 in 2024, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 10 of 11
- The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Joy Ogbonne Eze makes each attempt
Joy Ogbonne Eze made 55% of snatch attempts and 65% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Joy Ogbonne Eze head to head
The lifters Joy Ogbonne Eze has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Joy Ogbonne Eze ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Olivia Reeves |
5 | 0 | 5 |
 Ketty Lent |
5 | 5 | 0 |
| Chen Wen-huei | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Eygló Fanndal Sturludóttir |
4 | 3 | 1 |
 Kristel Macrohon |
4 | 3 | 1 |
| Lijana Jakaite | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Joy Ogbonne Eze's competition results
Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total. A row that names two events was one competition scored for both; its places can differ because each ranks its own field.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Olympic Games 7 Aug 2024 | 7 | 232 | 71 kg | 70.45 | 95 | 101 | 120 | 127 | 131 | |
| 2024 IWF World Cup 31 Mar 2024 | 8 | 239 | 71 kg | 71 | 103 | 131 | 136 | |||
| 2024 African Games 9 Mar 2024 | 1 | 207 | 71 kg | 70.5 | 90 | not taken | 117 | not taken | not taken | |
| 2024 African Championships 5 Feb 2024 | 1 | 234 | 71 kg | 70.8 | 100 | 104 | 130 | |||
| 2023 IWF Grand Prix II 4 Dec 2023 | 15 | 225 | 71 kg | 70.74 | 100 | 125 | ||||
| 2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 | 14 | 227 | 71 kg | 71 | 100 | 122 | 127 | |||
| 2023 African Championships 11 May 2023 | 2 | 227 | 71 kg | 70.2 | 97 | 102 | 120 | 125 | ||
| 2022 Commonwealth Games 30 Jul 2022 | - | - | 71 kg | 69.79 | 95 | 100 | ||||
| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships 7 Dec 2021 Also the 2021 Commonwealth Senior Championships, place 1 | 6 | 230 | 71 kg | 69.4 | 95 | 100 | 118 | 127 | 130 | |
| 2021 African Championships 24 May 2021 | 1 | 198 | 64 kg | 63.75 | 88 | not taken | 100 | 110 | ||
| 2019 All African Games 24 Aug 2019 | 1 | 218 | 64 kg | 63.5 | 95 | 97 | 111 | 116 | 121 |
Compare Joy Ogbonne Eze
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Joy Ogbonne Eze met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.