Nina Chioma Ndubuisi

Nina Chioma Ndubuisi
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (2004-04-29) 29 April 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
EventShot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Shot put: 18.91 m (Lexington, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Bergen Shot put
European Athletics U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Jerusalem Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tallinn Shot put

Nina Chioma Ndubuisi (born 29 April 2004) is a German shot putter. She was European under-20 champion in 2023 and European under-23 champion 2025.[1]

Career

From Schorndorf, she is a member of SG Schorndorf. She won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, with a throw of 15.71 metres, and finished the year as the world best for an under-18 athlete after throwing the U18 three-kilogram shot put 18.59 meters at the German Youth Championships in Rostock in August.[2][3]

She won a gold medal at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, with a best shot put of 17.97 metres.[4] The under-20 world leader, she was nominated for European Athletics Rising Star Award in 2023.[5]

Competing for the University of Texas she improved her personal best in the shot put to 18.04 metres in February 2024 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.[6] She placed fourth overall at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships.[7]

She made a new personal best of 18.91m in winning the SEC Conference final in Lexington in May 2025.[8][9] She threw 18.50 metres to place third at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2025.[10]

She won a gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in the shot put, leading the German team to a 1-2-3 in the event with Jolina Lange and Helena Kopp, winning with a best throw on the day of 17.73m.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Nina Chioma Ndubuisi". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Nina Ndubuisi aus Schorndorf: Weltjahresbestleistung und Bronze bei den U-20-Europameisterschaften". zvw.de (in German). 18 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Award LadJ election: Vote for your favorite until December 31st!". leichtathletik.de. December 14, 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  4. ^ Henerson, Jason (11 August 2023). "AT THE DOUBLE – LAROS AND CAUNE IMPRESS IN JERUSALEM". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Nominees announced! Vote now for your 2023 men's and women's Rising Stars". European Athletics. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  6. ^ Sandoval, Sophia (February 21, 2024). "Freshman thrower Nina Ndubuisi talks life as a student athlete, goals for indoor championship season". Daily Texan.
  7. ^ "NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  8. ^ Mills, Steven (12 Jul 2025). "Bergen 2025 - Women's Field Preview". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships". World Athletics. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  10. ^ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  11. ^ Szreter-Kelly, Alissa (17 Jul 2025). "Ndubuisi leads German medal sweep in women's shot put at Bergen 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
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