Joy Asonye

Joy Asonye Oluchi (born 8 November 1996) is a Nigerian judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category.[1]

Joy Asonye
Personal information
Full nameJoy Asonye Oluchi
Nationality Nigeria
Born (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 27)
Sport
SportJudo
Event78 kg

She competed for Nigeria at local and international Judo competitions.[2][3]

Achievements

Oluchi represented Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England.[4] She won Fiji's Shanice Takayawa in her repechage match but lost to Aoife Coughlan of Australia in the women's 70 kg quarter-final game.[5]

She was among the Nigerian team that won medals in the African judo international championships in Niger republic in 2018.[6][7]

She also participated in the African Senior Championships 2021 and the Yaounde African Open 2022.[8]

References