Mercy Nku

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Mercy Nku athletics
Full name Mercy Akpanchang Nku Esimoneze
nation NigeriaNigeria Nigeria
birthday 17th July 1976 (age 44)
place of birth Boki , Nigeria
size 170 cm
Weight 67 kg
Career
discipline sprint
status resigned
End of career May 20, 2006
Medal table
Goodwill Games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Africa Games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
African Championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
U20 African Championships 3 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Good Will Games logo Goodwill Games
gold Brisbane 2001 4 × 100 m
Africa Games logo Africa Games
gold Johannesburg 1999 100 m
 African Championships
gold Brazzaville 2004 4 × 100 m
silver Brazzaville 2004 100 m
Junior African Championships
gold Algiers 1994 4 × 100 m
silver Algiers 1994 4 × 400 m
bronze Algiers 1994 100 m
gold Bouaké 1995 100 m
gold Bouaké 1995 200 m
last change: June 20, 2020

Mercy Akpanchang Nku Esimoneze (born July 17, 1976 in Boki ) is a former Nigerian sprinter .

Athletic career

Mercy Nku gained her first international experience in 1994 when she won the gold medal in the 4-by-100-meter relay in 46.15 seconds at the Junior African Championships, which were held for the first time in Algiers , and when she won the 4-by-400-meter series. Season in 3: 45.41 min secured the silver medal. In addition, she won the bronze medal in the 100-meter run in 11.71 s and was fourth in the 200 meters in 24.70 s. She then started at the Junior World Championships in Lisbon , where she reached the semifinals over 100 meters and was eliminated there with 11.77 seconds and 3: 49.16 minutes were not enough for the 4 x 400 meter relay a final place. In the 200-meter run , she retired with 24.97 s in the lead. In the following year she won again at the Junior African Championships in Bouaké with a new championship record of 11.38 s and in 23.63 s over 200 meters.

In 1999 she qualified over 100 meters for the World Championships in Seville , where she finished eighth in the final with 11.16 seconds. Over 200 meters she was eliminated in the quarterfinals with 22.83 s and with the relay she was disqualified in the preliminary run. She then won the Africa Games in Johannesburg with a new player record of 11.03 s over 100 meters. The following year she took part in the Olympic Games in Sydney for the first time and reached the semi-finals there over 100 meters and was eliminated there with 11.56 s. She also reached the semifinals over 200 meters and was eliminated there with 23.40 seconds. With the relay, however, she reached the finals and classified there after 44.05 s in sixth place. At the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 2001 in Lisbon she was fifth in the 60-meter run in 7.15 s and in the summer she reached sixth place in the World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in 11.17 s. In addition, she reached fourth place with the relay in 42.52 s. Then she was at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane in 23.41 s fifth over 200 meters and won the relay in 42.95 s.

In 2003 she was eliminated from the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham with 7.37 s in the semi-finals over 60 meters and took part again in the summer at the World Championships near Paris , where she was eliminated over 100 meters with 11.37 s in the quarter-finals and reached over 200 Meters to the semifinals, in which she was eliminated with 23.62 s. In 2004, she won the silver medal over 100 meters behind her compatriot Endurance Ojokolo at the African Championships in Brazzaville in 11.36 seconds and also won the 4 x 100 meter relay in 44.32 seconds. In addition, she qualified again for the Olympic Games in Athens , where she was eliminated in the individual competition over 100 meters with 11.39 s in the quarter- finals. But with the relay she reached the finals and finished seventh in 43.92 s. In 2005 she reached the quarter-finals over 100 meters at the World Championships in Helsinki , where she was eliminated with 11.57 s, while she failed over 200 meters with 23.99 s in the run. With the relay she ran after 43.25 s in seventh place. In the following year she got at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne over 100 meters with 11.58 s in the semifinals and also over 200 meters she was eliminated with 23.90 s in the semifinals. With the season she was fourth in 44.37 s. On May 20, 2006 she played her last official competition at the Italian Club Championships in Cagliari, which she won in 11.66 s. She then ended her active career as a track and field athlete at the age of 29.

In 1999, 2005 and 2006, Nku was the Nigerian champion in the 200-meter run and in 2002 over 100 meters.

Personal best

  • 100 meters: 11.03 s (+0.2 m / s), September 15, 1999 in Johannesburg
    • 60 meters (hall): 7.11 s, February 25, 2001 in Liévin
  • 200 meters: 22.53 s (−0.5 m / s), July 5, 1999 in Zagreb
    • 200 meters (hall): 25.11 s, January 28, 2001 in Espinho

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