Esther Oyema

Esther Oyema (born 20 April 1982) is a Nigerian powerlifter.[1] She competed in the women's 61 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[2] where she won a gold medal and set a new world record by lifting 122.4 kg in the heavyweight category.[3] In 2015 she won a gold medal at the All-Africa Games by lifting 133 kg and beating her previous record 126 kg.[4] In the same year she traveled all the way to Almaty, Kazakhstan where she won another gold medal at the IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships by lifting 79 kg.[5] During the 2016 Summer Paralympics she won a silver medal by beating her Mexican counterpart Amalia Perez in the women's 55 kg lifting.[6] She won gold medal and created a new world record of 131 kg in the women's lightweight category of Para Powerlifting at the Gold Cost 2018 Commonwealth games.

Esther Oyema

Personal information
Nationality	Nigerian
Born	(1982-04-20) 20 April 1982
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Powerlifting
Medal record Representing  Nigeria Women's Powerlifting Paralympic Games 2012 London Women's 48kg 2016 Rio Women's 55kg Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Women's Open bench press 2014 Glasgow Women's 61 kg
Updated on 10 October 2014.

On May 21, 2020, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) banned her for four years after failing a doping test. She competed at the 2019 International Paralympic competition held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, where she won gold medal. Her urine sample was collected by the IPC during the competition and she was said to have tested positive to 19-norandrosterone.