Felix Ekpo (born 10 May 1981) is a Nigerian weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category. His personal best is 335 kg.

He won overall gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games, with a total of 333 kg.

Felix Ekpo

At the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships he ranked 23rd with a total of 327 kg.

Felix Ekpo

He won gold in the snatch, silver in the clean and jerk, and overall silver at the 2008 African Championships, with a total of 335 kg.

Felix Ekpo

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg division finishing fifteenth with 325 kg. In 2012 he competed in the same weight division and finished 8th with a total of 331 kg.

He is 5 ft 3 inches tall and weighs 170 lb.

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External links

NBC profile

Athlete Biography at beijing2008

Nigerian male weightlifters

1981 births

Living people

Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic weightlifters for Nigeria

African Games gold medalists for Nigeria

African Games medalists in weightlifting

Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games

20th-century Nigerian people

21st-century Nigerian people