Esther Aghatise

Esther Aghatise
nation	Nigeria
birthday	15th April 1985 (age 35)
Career
discipline	Long jump
Best performance	6.60 m
status	resigned
End of career	March 24, 2006
Medal table
Africa Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Africa Games gold Abuja 2003 6.58 m  Junior World Championships bronze Kingston 2002 6.34 m
last change: June 20, 2020

Esther Aghatise (born April 15, 1985 ) is a former Nigerian athlete who specializes in the long jump .

Athletic career

Esther Aghatise gained her first international experience in 2002 when she won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Kingston with a width of 6.34 m. She then took part in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester , where she finished eighth with 6.01 m. The following year she won the African Games in Abuja with a jump of 6.58 m and then won the bronze medal at the Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad with 6.30 m behind the Indian Anju Bobby George and Lerma Gabito from the Philippines . In 2006 she again took part in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne , where she was seventh with 6.47 m and then ended her career as a track and field athlete at the age of only 20.

In 2003, 2005 and 2006 Aghatise became the Nigerian champion in the long jump.

Personal best

• Long jump: 6.60 m, February 10, 2006 in Abuja

Web links

• Esther Aghatise in the database of World Athletics (English)