Adijat Olarinoye

Adijat Adenike Olarinoye (born 14 July 1999) is a Nigerian female weightlifter. She represented Nigeria at the 2019 African Games which is also her maiden African Games appearance and claimed three medals including two gold medals in women's 55 kg weightlifting event.
She claimed gold medals in women's 55 kg and 55 kg clean jerk events along with a silver in 55 kg snatch event where she narrowly missed the gold medal to fellow compatriot Chika Amalaha. However she emerged as the gold medalist in the overall women's 55 kg event while Chika Amalaha settled for the silver medal. On 26 August 2019, Adijat also created a new African record in weightlifting in the clean and jerk category by lifting 116 kg during the 2019 African Games.