Enku Ekuta

Enku Ekuta

Personal information
Full name	Enku Ewa Ekuta
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	(1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 Nigeria
Sport
Sport	Judo
Medal record Women's judo Representing Nigeria African Judo Championships Gold medal – first place 2021 Dakar 63 kg African Judo Championships Silver medal – second place 2019 Cameroun 63 kg African Judo Championships Bronze medal – third place 2019 Dakar 63 kg

Enku Ewa Ekuta (born 15 March 1998) is a Nigerian judoka who competed in the women's category. She competed for Nigeria at local and international Judo competitions.

Sports career

Ekuta hails from a family of Judokas. Her mum, Catherine Ekuta is a judoka who competed at international level for Nigeria while her dad Ewa Ekuta is a former Judoka who also exceled at National level. He is also part of the Nigeria Judo Federation. At the 2020 African Judo Championships in Dakar, Ekuta competed in the 63 kg event and won a gold medal by defeating the 2019 African games champion and 2014 commonwealth silver medalist Hélène Wezeu Dombeu of Cameroun. At the 2019 African Judo Championships held in cameroun, She won a silver medal in the 63 kg event. She also won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Judo Championships held in Senegal. She is also a National Youth Games champion and a Nigeria University Games gold medalist.