Chima Ugwu

Chima Kingsley Ugwu // ⓘ(born 19 July 1973 in Enugu) is a Nigerian shot putter.

He competed at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals.

Ugwu came to the United States in 1994 and won the 1995 NJCAA outdoor shot put title while attending Central Arizona College.

[3][4] He also won Pacific-10 Conference titles in both the shot put and discus throw.

This is the previous Nigerian record, and ranks him fifth in South Africans Janus Robberts, Burger Lambrechts and Karel Potgieter.