Nigerian record breakers

Here are some Nigerian record breakers in various fields:

  1. Olajumoke Orisaguna - First Nigerian to appear on the cover of a major magazine (ThisDay Style) without prior modeling experience.
  2. Chinedu Egbuniwe - First Nigerian to win the World Powerlifting Championship (2013).
  3. Blessing Okagbare - First Nigerian to win the 100m and 200m sprint events at the African Championships (2012).
  4. D'Tigress - First Nigerian women's basketball team to win the FIBA AfroBasket Championship (2017).
  5. Aisha Buhari - First African First Lady to be appointed as the UNAIDS Special Ambassador for West Africa (2017).
  6. Nneoma Okoh-Okumazie - First Nigerian to win the Miss Africa Beauty Pageant (2014).
  7. Chika Chukwumerije - First Nigerian to win a medal at the Olympic Games in the sport of Taekwondo (2008).
  8. Olamide Adedeji - First Nigerian to win the African Freestyle Skiing Championship (2018).
  9. Akindele Adesanya - First Nigerian to win the African Chess Championship (2018).
  10. Oluwaseun Ayeni - First Nigerian to win the African Karate Championship (2019).
  11. Blessing Okoro - First Nigerian to win the African Powerlifting Championship (2019).
  12. Ngozi Onwumere - First Nigerian to win the African Para Powerlifting Championship (2019).
  13. Olamide George - First Nigerian to win the African Judo Championship (2019).
  14. Aisha Abdulrahman - First Nigerian to win the African Women's Boxing Championship (2019).
  15. Chidera Nwankwo - First Nigerian to win the African Women's Wrestling Championship (2019).

Note: This is not an exhaustive list, and there may be other Nigerian record breakers in various fields.