Paul Kehinde

{{Short description|Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter (1988–2021)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1988|7|7}}

| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|11|18|1988|7|7}}

| death_place = Lagos, Nigeria

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| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| sport = Powerlifting

| event = 65 kg

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| updated = 10 April 2018

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Paul Kehinde (7 July 1988 – 18 November 2021) was a Nigerian Para powerlifter.{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/boxing/1019977/paul_kehinde.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141011202633/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/boxing/1019977/paul_kehinde.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 October 2014|title=Glasgow 2014 profile |access-date=11 October 2014 }} He was born in Epe, in Lagos state, Nigeria. He competed in the men's 65 kg class and also occasionally in the 72 kg class. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games{{cite news |last=Salman |first=Ganiyu |title=Nigeria grabs 4 gold in powerlifting |work=Nigerian Tribune |date=3 August 2014 |url=http://tribune.com.ng/news/sports/item/12413-glasgow-2014-nigeria-grabs-4-gold-in-powerlifting/12413-glasgow-2014-nigeria-grabs-4-gold-in-powerlifting |access-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025002316/http://tribune.com.ng/news/sports/item/12413-glasgow-2014-nigeria-grabs-4-gold-in-powerlifting/12413-glasgow-2014-nigeria-grabs-4-gold-in-powerlifting |archive-date=25 October 2014 }} he competed in the men's 72 kg event where he won a gold medal.{{cite news |last=Adedeji |first=Lekan |title=Powerlifters Not Encouraged - Kehinde |work=Sports Day |location=Africa |date=10 September 2014 |url=http://www.sportsdayonline.com/news.aspx?lb_newsid=9169#sthash.MsixD1tY.dpbs |access-date=14 October 2014}} Kehinde died 18 November 2021 in Lagos after a brief period of illness.{{cite news |date=19 November 2021 |work=BBC News Pidgin |language=pcm |title=Paul Kehinde death: Nigeria powerlifting Paralympics gold medallist don die |url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-59346398 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119115446/https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-59346398 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Mackay|first=Duncan|date=19 November 2021|title=Paralympic gold medallist dies five weeks after being banned by IPC for drugs|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115685/paralympic-champion-dies-following-ban|access-date=19 November 2021}}

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2011 – World Championships Silver medalist
2014 – Commonwealth Games Gold medalist
2015 – Malaysia World Cup Gold medalist
2015 – All Africa Games Gold medalist setting an African Record of 214 kg.
2016 – Rio Paralympics- Broke the World Record twice with lifts of 218 kg & 220 kg
2017 – Mexico World Championships Gold medalist with another World Record lift of 220.5 kg.
2018 – World Para-Power lifting Championships, Fazza, Dubia. Gold medal with Record breaking lift of 221 kg .
2018 – Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia. Silver medalist in +65 kg Para-Power lifting
2018 August – African Para-Power lifting Championships +65 kg Gold medalist
2018 December – Nigerian National Sports Festival +65 kg Silver medalist.