Marilyn Okoro
| Marilyn Okoro medal table |
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 Marilyn Okoro at the FBK Games 2009 in Hengelo |
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| World championships | ||
| bronze | 2007 Osaka | 4 × 400 m |
| European championships | ||
| bronze | 2010 Barcelona | 4 × 400 m |
| European Indoor Championships | ||
| silver | 2011 Turin | 4 × 400 m |
| silver | 2009 Turin | 4 × 400 m |
Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro (born September 23, 1984 in London ) is a British athlete who specializes in the 400 and 800 meter run .
At the World Athletics Championships in Osaka in 2007 , she won the bronze medal in the British 4 x 400 meter relay in the national record time of 3: 20.04 s. In the 800-meter run she reached the semi-finals. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , she finished fifth with the British 4 x 400 meter relay. In the 800 m she missed the finals in sixth place in her semifinal run in 1: 59.63 s. At the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Turin in 2009 , she won the silver medal with the British relay. She finished fifth in the 800-meter run.
At the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona in 2010 , Okoro won the bronze medal with the relay, while she was eliminated over 800 m in the preliminary run. In 2011, she finished fifth in the 800-meter run at the European Indoor Championships in Paris and won the silver medal again in the relay like two years earlier.
Marilyn Okoro is 1.65 m tall and has a competition weight of 64 kg. She studied French and Politics at the University of Bath and is starting for the Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers .
Top performances
Open air:
- 400 m: 52.00 s, August 8, 2006, Gothenburg
- 800 m: 1: 58.45 min, July 26, 2008, London
- 1500 m : 4: 11.85 min, September 20, 2008, Shanghai
Hall:
- 400 m: 52.98 s, 15th February 2009, Sheffield
- 800 m: 1: 59.27 min, February 21, 2009, Birmingham
- 1500 m: 4: 22.33 min, February 7, 2009, Stuttgart
Web links
- Marilyn Okoro in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Marilyn Okoro in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Marilyn Okoro's athlete profile on the University of Bath website
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| SURNAME | Okoro, Marilyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Okoro, Marilyn Chinwenwa (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |