Judy Bell-Gam

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Judy Bell-Gam (born August 24, 1956 in Opobo Town, Rivers State , Nigeria ) is a Nigerian hurdler . She became the African champion in the 100 m hurdles discipline.

Life

Bell-Gam was born in Opobo Town, Rivers State, and has a twin sister, Bella, who was also an athlete. Both sisters attended the Government Primary School in Afikpo , the Methodist School, Uwani , Enugu, and the Union Secondary School, Ikot Ekpene . The girls were in Enugu when the civil war broke out and were moving south to Nnewi . At the end of the war, Bell-Gam returned to school in Ikot Ekpene. .

Judy Bell-Gam won the gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the 1978 African Games in Algiers in a time of 13.67 s, ahead of the Kenyan Ruth Kyalisima and her twin sister Bella Bell-Gam . At the African Athletics Championships in Dakar in 1979 , she ran in the same discipline 14.13 s ahead of her sister and the Moroccan Fatima El Faquir and received the gold medal. Then at the Athletics World Cup in Montreal in 1979 , she ran the 100-meter hurdles in 13.93 and was seventh.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF (Ed.): 1st IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup - IAAF Statistics Hanbook - Split 2010 . 2010, p.  183 .
  2. ↑ Supo Ibikunle: Queens of the tracks . Ed .: Daily Times. Lagos September 1978.
  3. ^ African Championships. In: gbrathletics.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Track and Field Statistics. In: brinkster.net. trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed January 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bell-Gam, Judy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian 100m hurdler
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Opobo Town, Rivers State , Nigeria