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Barcelona Olympic Handball Coach, Ephraim C Chukwuemeka Dies At 82, NOC Mourns

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January 17, 2023
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Barcelona Olympic Handball Coach,  Ephraim C Chukwuemeka Dies At 82, NOC Mourns
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The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) says it sympathises with the Handball family over the death of a top Olympic Coach, Ephraim C Chukwuemeka who died on January 2 at the age of 82 years

The late Chukwuemeka led a National Handball team Team to the 1992 Barcelona Games.

Tony Nezianya, the Public Relations Officer of the NOC, in a statement on Tuesday said that Coach Chukwuemeka who died during a brief ill-health in Isikwuato, Abia State was one the two coaches that led the first-ever national team sport to the Olympic Games.

“He alongside his partner, Late Coach Paulinus Chukwu from their days at the Grasshopper’s Handball Club of Owerri led the national team to the Barcelona Games.

“They had paired to lead the squad that defeated the then-highly-rated Angolan side at the African Championships in Egypt in 1991 to qualify for the Olympic Games, making handball the first team sport to qualify for the Games.

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“During his illustrious sporting career that spanned more than three decades, he doubled as FIFA Badged Soccer Referee.

“A well-known patron of the NOC, Dr Lanre Glover was then the National Chairman of the Handball Association of Nigeria (HAN). And Myself, the spokesman of the Association.

“According to Glover the coaches had done consistently well with the popular Grasshoppers and thought they deserved the right to be provided with the opportunity to lead the National squad to the Games.

“Before then, no Nigerian team sports had ever made it to the Olympic Games.

“Dr Toyin Esther Aluko, the Chaperon of the team to the Barcelona Games, remarked that Coach Chukwuemeka lived a good life.

“He knew how to take care of himself while donning his golden b red hallmark Golden bracelets,” the statement said

Coach Chukwuemeka will be buried on February 10, at his ancestral home, Amiyi, Obilohia Isikwuato, Abia State according to his son in Law, Christian Ihememegbulam. (vitalnewsngr.com)

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