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Team Nigeria's general captain set a new record in the women's powerlifting title at the Paralympics.
Nigeria para-powerlifter and world record holder, Folashade Oluwafemiayo has revealed that discrimination killed her nursing ambition.
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Oluwafemiayo set a new record at the 2024 Paralympics
Oluwafemiayo retained her women's 86kg powerlifting title at the Paralympics, setting a new world record of 166kg.
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She was the general captain of Team Nigeria for the Paris 2024 Paralympics, having previously won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games and a silver medal at the London 2012 Games.
'I wanted to become a nurse' - Oluwafemiayo reveals
Speaking on her career path, Oluwafemiayo disclosed that her dream career is to become a nurse, but discrimination prevented that from happening.
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"I grew up in Jos, Plateau State. My mom said when I was three years old, I fell sick. She took me to the hospital, and I was given an injection. That was how it started. I wanted to become a nurse too, but that ambition couldn’t come to life because of discrimination. But I thank God for today that I picked myself up," she told Punch.
The World record holder continued that her journey began 25 years ago in Plateau State: "It was in Jos, Plateau State, after my secondary school education. I started training in 1999, when I met coach John Oguntoye, who introduced me to para-powerlifting.
Then I started attending the National Sports Festival in 2002, and the rest is history. It was after I got married that my husband and I decided to move to Lagos."
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Para-athletes teach Team Nigeria how to win medals, end Paris 2024 Paralympics with 7 laurels
Nigeria won two gold, three silver, and two bronze medals to finish 40th on the medal table at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
It appears the the decision paid off for Oluwafemiayo as she played a major role in the Nigerian team that won two gold, three silver, and two bronze medals to finish 40th on the medal table at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Since the Barcelona Paralympics in 1992, Nigerian paralympians have consistently won medals at every edition.
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