Beatrice Utondu

Beatrice Utondu
nation	Nigeria
birthday	23rd November 1969 (age 50)
Career
Medal table
Olympic games bronze 1992 Barcelona 4 × 100 m  Africa Games gold 1987 Nairobi Long jump silver 1991 Cairo Long jump silver 1991 Cairo 100 m  African Championships gold 1993 Durban 100 m silver 1993 Durban Long jump silver 1989 Lagos Long jump  Commonwealth Games bronze 1990 Auckland 4 × 100 m

Beatrice Utondu (born November 23, 1969 ) is a former Nigerian athlete , whose specialty disciplines were the 100-meter run and the long jump .

Sporting successes

Utondu celebrated her greatest success at the 1992 games in Barcelona in the 4 x 100 meter relay : She won the bronze medal together with Faith Idehen , Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali and only had to win in 42.81 seconds The USA team (42.11 s) and the United Team (42.16 s) were beaten. The time of the Nigerian team represents an Africa record that still exists today.

As a single starter, Utondu reached the semifinals in the 100-meter run at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1991 .

In 1993 she won the African Championships in the 100-meter sprint and also won the long jump competition (6.45 m) at the Pan-African Games in 1987 in Nairobi .

Top performances

• 100-meter run - 11.40 s (1991)
• Long jump - 6.59 m (1988)

Others

With a height of 1.63 m, Utondu's competition weight was 59 kg.

Web links

• Beatrice Utondu in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF continental list of the best