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Nigerian heptathlete
Patience Okoro
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Birth name | Patience Okoro |
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Full name | Patience Okoro |
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Nickname(s) | Okoro |
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Nationality | Nigerian |
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Born | (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 (age 37) |
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Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
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Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
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Country | Nigeria |
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Sport | Track and field |
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Event(s) | Heptathlon |
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Regional finals | Senior level |
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Personal best(s) | Heptathlon ---- points[1] |
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Patience Okoro (born 10 July 1984) is a Nigerian heptathlete. She competed for Nigeria at local and international competitions. She won a gold medal in Heptathlon at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[2][3]
Career[]
In one of her earliest international senior performances, she started during the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja Nigeria where she won her first international medal 'bronze'. She later placed fifth at the 2006 Africa Championships in Athletics and fourth at the 2011 All-Africa Games competitions. Okoro also won silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal during the 2003 events.[4]
Achievements[]
African Championships[]
All African Games[]
Competition record[]
2011 World Championships[]
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Result
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100 metre hurdles
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Heptathlon
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Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Nigerian heptathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Nigeria
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Nigerian female athletes
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games
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