She holds the Commonwealth Games record of 84 kg for the Snatch segment in the latter weight category.

She considers pioneering weightlifter and fellow Manipuri, Kunjarani Devi, her hero.

[1] Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu won a gold in women's 48kg weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games; it was India's first medal on the second day of the competition.

However, her 77 kg lift in the snatch segment equalled Nwaokolo's Commonwealth Games record.

[5] En route to her gold medal, she bettered her performance from 2014 Commonwealth Games and broke the Games record for the snatch category with a lift of 84 kg; she lifted a weight of 108 kg in the clean and jerk segment.