Chinwe Okoro

Chinwe Okoro
nation	Nigeria United States
birthday	20th June 1989 (age 31)
size	178 cm
Weight	102 kg
Career
discipline	Shot put , discus throw
status	active
Medal table
African Championships 3 × 3 × 0 ×
African Championships gold Porto-Novo 2012 16.21 m gold Porto-Novo 2012 56.60 m gold Marrakech 2014 59.79 m silver Marrakech 2014 16.40 m silver Durban 2016 55.67 m silver Asaba 2018 57.37 m
last change: June 23, 2019

Chinwe Okoro (born June 20, 1989 ) is a Nigerian discus thrower and shot putter who is also a US citizen.

Athletic career

Chinwe Okoro gained her first international experience at the Junior World Championships 2008 in Bydgoszcz , where she finished tenth with a width of 15.18 m in the final. In 2012 she won the discus throw with 56.60 m at the African Championships in Porto-Novo and first won the silver medal in the shot put with 16.21 m behind her compatriot Vivian Chukwuemeka , who was subsequently disqualified for doping, which is why the gold medal was subsequently given to Okoro went. Two years later she defended her title with the discus at the African Championships in Marrakech , where she set a new championship record with 59.79 m. In addition, she won the silver medal behind Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang from Cameroon with the ball with 16.40 m . At the Continental Cup in Marrakech she was sixth in the shot put and seventh in the discus throw. In 2016, at the African Championships in Durban , she won the silver medal with the discus behind her compatriot Nwanneka Okwelogu with 55.67 m and thus qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated with 58.85 m in the preliminary round.

In 2018 she won the silver medal again with 57.37 m at the African Championships in Asaba , this time behind her compatriot Chioma Onyekwere .

In 2011 and 2014, Okoro was the Nigerian champion in discus throwing and in 2011 also in the shot put. She graduated from Bellarmine University in Louisville .

Personal best

• Shot put: 17.39 m on May 5, 2012 in Tampa
  • Shot put (hall): 16.03 m, February 21, 2010 in New York City
• Discus throw: 61.58 m, April 2, 2016 in Athens ( Nigerian record )

Web links

• Chinwe Okoro in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Chinwe Okoro in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )