19-421: Chika may refer to: People [ edit ] Chika (Igbo given name) Chika (Japanese given name) Chika (general name) Chika (footballer) (born 1979), Brazilian defender Chika (rapper) , Jane Chika Oranika, American rapper Other uses [ edit ] Chika (software) , a Japanese female vocal for Vocaloid 3 Chika Entertainment Inc. ,
38-430: A Chilean record label See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Chika All pages with titles containing Chika Chaka (disambiguation) Chia (disambiguation) Chiba (disambiguation) Chica (disambiguation) Chicka (disambiguation) Chikan (disambiguation) Chima (disambiguation) China (disambiguation) Chita (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
57-537: A Master of Science degree. During his time there he was active in the institution's sporting culture and participated in volleyball, basketball, and taekwondo. In 2009 Chukwumerije was inducted into the World's Taekwondo Hall of Fame in New Jersey as an "Outstanding Male African Olympic Player". In October 2012 Nigeria hosted the first Chika Chukwumerije Sports Foundation international taekwondo championship to further
76-572: A medal. An injury cost Chukwumerije his title at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo , Mozambique , where he settled for silver in the men's heavyweight category. He recovered from this problem, but then sustained two fractures to his foot while qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics . At the London Games he participated in the men's +80kg division , but lost his first bout against Robelis Despaigne of Cuba, an eventual bronze medalist. He
95-452: A national champion in 2002 and held the title through 2011, undefeated in nine years. Chukwumerije first garnered attention while training for the 2003 All-Africa Games that were held in Abuja , Nigeria. During the qualifications, he and partner Friday Dirisu fought hard against Lucky Ojemudia and Micheal Obiora to win the two spots in their weight categories. He won a bronze medal in
114-477: A single medal at the games. He did, however, praise the Nigeria national football team , who ended up in second place in the men's tournament . The next day, however, Nigeria won bronze medals in the women's 4x100 metre relay and the women's long jump . Competing in the men's +80kg event, Chukwumerije defeated Vietnam's Nguyen Van Hung in the preliminary rounds. He defeated Mali's Daba Modibo Keïta in
133-1829: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chika (Igbo given name) Chika Gender Unisex Origin Word/name Igbo Meaning 'God is superior' Chika ( Chíkà ) audio is an Igbo name meaning 'God is supreme', it's made of the words chí 'God, universe, originator', and kà 'greater, superior' People [ edit ] Chika (rapper) , born Jane Chika Oranika, Nigerian-American rapper Chika Amalaha (born 1997), Nigerian weightlifter Chika Anadu , Nigerian filmmaker Chika Chukwumerije (born 1983), Nigerian taekwondo practitioner Victoria Chika Ezerim , Nigerian taekwondo practitioner Chika Ike (born 1985), Nigerian entertainer and businessperson Chika Lann , Nigerian filmmaker, actress, former model and television personality Matthias Chika Mordi (born 1967), Nigerian Financial Expert Chika Oduah (born 1986), Nigerian-American journalist Chika Okeke-Agulu (born 1966), Nigerian artist, art historian, art curator, and blogger Chika Okpala (born 1950), Nigerian comedian Chika Stacy Oriuwa , Nigerian-Canadian physician Eze Chika Philip (born 1993), Nigerian footballer Chika Unigwe (born 1974), Nigerian-born author Chika Wali (born 1990), Nigerian football player See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Chika All pages with titles containing Chika Chica (name) Chicka (disambiguation) Chika (general name) Chika (Japanese given name) Chika (disambiguation) Chiki [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
152-488: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Chika Chukwumerije Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije (born 30 December 1983) is a male taekwondo practitioner from Nigeria. The son of Nigerian politician Uche Chukwumerije , Chika first drew attention in 2003 during the qualifiers for the 2003 All-Africa Games , where he eventually won a bronze medal in the Heavyweight Male category. He qualified for
171-604: The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but lost his first bout to Pascal Gentil , the eventual bronze medal winner. Nevertheless, after a period of intensive training that was funded by his father, he became one of Nigeria's best chances for a medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He won a gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games in the +80 kg class and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games soon after. Although he lost to eventual silver-medal winner Alexandros Nikolaidis in
190-631: The 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers , Algeria, both Chukwumerije and Adamu won gold medals in taekwondo, the former in the +80 kg class. They then headed to Tripoli, Libya , where they earned their qualification tickets for the Beijing Olympics. Despite having lauded Nigerian athletes in the past, two days before his event, he proclaimed his "disappointment" at the performance of the Nigerian national team who, at that point, had not won
209-515: The Heavyweight Male category, along with Ngala Munayi of Kenya. Chukwumerije was chosen for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at the Olympic qualifiers in Cairo , Egypt in late January 2004. He came in second in the regional qualifications, behind only Abdelkader Zrouri of Morocco. He finished in 11th place in the men's +80 kg event after failing to advance beyond the preliminary round. He
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#1732786932497228-637: The United States and Europe and compete globally. This financial backing was unavailable to most other Nigerian athletes. Chukwumerije spent six weeks training in the United States, although the American embassy refused to grant his training partner Adamu a visa . They did, however, train together in Manchester and worked with coach Osita A. Green . They also trained in Taiwan and Germany. At
247-401: The quarterfinals, but lost to Greece's Alexandros Nikolaidis , the eventual silver medal winner in the event. In the repechage , he defeated Akmal Irgashev of Uzbekistan to claim one of two bronze medals. The other went to Arman Chilmanov of Kazakhstan. In doing so, he earned an incentive offered by LG Electronics , who offered to furnish the home of any Nigerian Olympic competitor who won
266-500: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chika_(Igbo_given_name)&oldid=1250063417 " Categories : Given names Igbo names Igbo given names Hidden categories: Pages using the Phonos extension Articles with short description Short description
285-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chika . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chika&oldid=1085259532 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
304-475: The semifinals of the +80kg event, he was entered into the repechage round of the tournament. Here, after defeating Akmal Irgashev of Uzbekistan he claimed a bronze medal in the event, Nigeria's third medal of the tournament. Four years later he competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics , but did not make it past his first bout. Chukwumerije was born on 30 December 1983 in Nigeria. His father, Uche Chukwumerije ,
323-699: Was a national senator and Information Minister of Nigeria. Chika had his primary education at St. Jude's Private School in Festac Town, Lagos and received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) in Nigeria in 2005. During this time he competed in taekwondo at three University Games held by the Nigerian University Games Association , winning bronze in 2000 and gold in 2002 and 2004. He first became
342-629: Was also team captain at the 2014 Commonwealth taekwondo championships, where he won a silver medal after pulling out of the final against Mahama Cho of Great Britain due to injury. In 2007 Chukwumerije was a contestant on Survivor Africa: Panama and was the fifth person to be voted out. In September 2009 he entered the University of Liverpool for a one-year degree program in Operations and Supply Chain Management and graduated in 2010 with
361-438: Was defeated by Pascal Gentil of France, the eventual bronze medalist in the event. Despite this, he was considered by several sources to be one of Nigeria's best medal prospects at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, citing the amount of training he had undertaken and the experience that he had gained since the last Olympics. His father had paid for him, as well as fellow taekwondo practitioner Isa Adamu , to be trained in
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