Patience Okoro

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]

Patience Okoro
Personal information
Birth namePatience Okoro
Full namePatience Okoro
Nickname(s)Okoro
NationalityNigerian
Born (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Regional finalsSenior level
Personal best(s)Heptathlon ---- points[1]
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
Women’s athletics
World Championships
All-Africa Games
2003 AbujaHeptathlon
2007 AlgiersHeptathlon
Commonwealth Games
African Championships
2008 Addis AbabaHeptathlon

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Nigeria
2008 African Athletics Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1st heptathlon 47

All African Games
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Nigeria
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 2nd Heptathlon 5161 pts
2011 All-Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria 3rd Heptathlon 5436 pts –
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Nigeria
2003 Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games Hyderabad India Women's heptathlon DNF

Competition record

2011 World Championships
Event Result Position Points Overall Notes
100 metre hurdles
Heptathlon ---- th Source:

References
  1. "Biographies – Patience Okoro". World Athletics Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "Biographies – African Championships in Athletics Addis Ababa 2008" (PDF). Tunis Athlete Voila. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "Results – All African Games in Athletics Algiers 2006". Africa Athlete. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. "Events Results – All African Games in Athletics Abuja, Nigeria 2003". African Athlete. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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