It was won by J.O. Majekodunmi in 1950. The first gold medal was won by Emmanuel Ifeajuna during the Commonwealth Games, in Vancouver Canada in the year 1954. The nation won the gold medal in the high jump event. The Commonwealth Games was then known as the British Empire games. In the later years, Nigeria has produced many medalists in different events of the Commonwealth Games. These medalists include Chidi Imo, Joe Orewa, Innocent Egbunike, Jerry Okorodudu, Falilat Ogunkoya, David Dafiagbon, Mary Onyali, Olawumi Majekodunmi, Fatima Yusuf, Kuburat Owolabi, Atanda Musa and others.
The nation, however, did not participate in the Commonwealth Games of 1998. It was held at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. In the year 2002, Moses Toriola won the table tennis singles title for Nigeria. In the year 2006, Nigeria represented themselves in the Commonwealth Games that was held in Melbourne of Australia. The nation won 4 gold medals in disciplines such as table tennis, athletics and weightlifting. It also won 6 silver medals and 7 bronze medals.
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