Hadiza Zakari
{{short description|Nigerian-Iranian fashion model}}
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Hadiza Zakari (born 26 September 1989) is a Nigerian-Iranian fashion model, entrepreneur and beauty pageant contestant weightlifter.
Career
Hadiza Zakari started her career when she joined the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as a serving member she get into weightlifting and became one of the best Nigerian national weightlifters in local competitions. She first competed at International level during the 2009 World Championships in the 75 kg category where she finished twelve in snatch, thirteen in clean and jerk, and thirteen overall.{{cite news |title=Hadiza Zakari Weightlifting Sport Person |url=https://www.the-sports.org/hadiza-zakari-weightlifting-spf141897.html|publisher=The Sport Organization |access-date=4 May 2020 }} At the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal in the 75 kg event with a 110 kg snatch and a 140 clean and jerk for a combined total of 239 kg, a Commonwealth Games record at time.{{cite news |title=Hadiza Zakari |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/59731 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=4 May 2020 |archive-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509192251/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/59731 |url-status=dead }}
She also competed in the 2011 World Championships in the 75 kg category she finished eleven in snatch, six in clean and jerk, and eleven overall.{{cite news |title=We are ready for India Weightlifting scribe |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/09/we’re-ready-for-india-weightlifting-scribe/
|newspaper= Vanguard Newspaper |publisher=Vanguard Nigeria|access-date=4 May 2020 }}
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Category:Nigerian female weightlifters
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Nigerian women
Category:21st-century Nigerian women
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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