Enekwechi is Africa’s joint second best performer in Olympics Shot Put history

Multiple African Championships and African Games gold medalist, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi improves from 12th place three years ago to finish sixth at the Paris 2024 Olympics, his second straight appearance at the Olympic Games, and moves joint second with South Africa’s Kyle Blignaut as Africa’s second best performers in the history of the event at the Games.
Congo’s Franck Elemba is Africa’s best performer in the history of the event at the Olympics.
The Congolese finished fourth eight years ago in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to move above South Africa’s Janus Roberts who made history as the first African to qualify for the final of the event at the Olympics.
Roberts finished seventh in the event held in Sydney, Australia.
Enekwechi is the first Nigerian to qualify for the final of the event and the 31 year old holds the best mark by any African in the history of the event at the Olympics.
His 21.42m second round effort is the farthest any African has thrown in the final of the event in the history of the Games, eclipsing the 21.20m effort by Elemba in 2016.