Nneka Ukuh

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Nneka Ukuh (formerly misspelled Nkeka Ukuh in international competitions ; * November 20, 1987 ) is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in high jump .

She won the Nigerian women's high jump championship seven times from 2001 to 2006. At the 2009 Nigerian Championship in Abuja , she was second.

She won the 2003 African Games in Abuja with her personal best of 1.84 m. At the Africa Games in 2007 in Algiers , she was fifth with 1.79 m. At the African Athletics Championships in 2006 in Bambous she was second behind Rene van der Merwe with 1.80 m, at the African Athletics Championships 2008 in Addis Ababa she missed a medal rank with 1.75 m in fourth.

At the Lifa meeting in Paris in 2009, she was second with 1.80 m.

Personal best

  • High jump: 1.84 m on October 12, 2003 in Abuja
  • Javelin throw : 28.56 m on June 4, 2016 in Abuja

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nigerian champions 1981 to 2006 on gbrathletics.com (English)
  2. ^ Aliu takes the dash, and Ethiopia a medal sweep at 10,000m - African Games - Day TWO . Article from October 13, 2003 on worldatheltics.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Ukuh, Nneka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ukuh, Nkeka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1987