Nigerian Judokas

From our archive

Nigerian judo Hall of Fame

Highest ranked woman in Nigerian Judo Federation (NJF): GOFIT Winnie 340 points 66. place.

Gofit Winnie (70kg), a Nigerian Army judoka and freestyle wrestler born on 22 May 1994, won gold at the African Wrestling Championships in Marrakech, Morocco in 2017. She also represented Nigeria at the 2017 World Judo Championships at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

• Highest ranked man in Nigerian Judo Federation (NJF): Christopher Michael 36 points 255. Place.
• Ogah Adamu (81 kg) is a popular Nigerian judoka born on 23 January 1987. He has won medals for Nigeria in many judo tournaments. (239. Place).
• Miss Dooter Jekelle won a gold medal, two silver and four bronze medals for Nigerian team during the competition of the Africa Judo Championships in Casablanca, Morocco, 1986.
• Majemite Omagbaluwaje is a Nigerian judoka born 10 June 1969, he participated actively in 1989, World Judo Championship; 1990 Commonwealth Games and 1999 All Africa Games where he made the country proud in all.
• Chika Chukwumerije, born 30 December 1983, is often mentioned alongside our judokas, but his Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medal was won in taekwondo.
• Ekuta Catherine Ewa was born on 25 November 1979. She won bronze at the 1999 All-Africa Games, gold at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Nigeria (57kg) and bronze at the 2007 All-Africa Games, and represented Nigeria at the 2004 Olympics in Athens in the 57kg category. Her daughter Enku Ekuta won Commonwealth Games bronze in 2026.

Players in our records

Some of the male players who participated in 2015 judo tournaments include:

Micheal Agbo(Delta), Silver Eniafe Alabi(Civil Defence), Abdul Abduljabbal(Kano), Bassey.I.Bassey (Nasarawa), Nsa Ika Bassey(Bayelsa), Oyewole Samuel(Rivers), Jude Solomon(Delta), Abdulrahman Ejiba(Civil Defence), Junior Eghaghe(Edo), Abdulahi Ibrahim(Yobe), Raphael Ubah(Police), Bala Bashiru(Bauchi), Friday Achanya(Delta), Fidelis Awusa(Rivers) while the females include:

Gold Fatima Bashir(Delta), Lucyanna Ekechukwu(Nigeria Police), Franca Audu(Delta)Silver Zuwaira Umar(Rivers), Amarachi Anyonha(Rivers), Victoria Agbodobiri(Edo), Endurance Onyebo(Edo), Elizabeth Peters(Rivers), Winnie Gofit(Nasarawa), Rebecca John(Yobe), Josephine Emmanuel(Rivers), Rita James(Kano), Juliet Agbo Nkem(Rivers), Franka Adegin(Edo)