EKE Nadia

Ghana

Athletics

Date of Birth: 11 Jan 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: ACCRA

Birth Country:

Ghana

Place of residence : MIAMI, FL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Triple Jump

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Triple Jump A	Women's Triple Jump Qualification - Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (13.54)

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
8	2017	Triple Jump	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	13.58

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Nadz, Nad-E (Athlete, 01 Oct 2017)

Occupation:

Athlete, Manager

Education:

Psychology - Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Injuries:

Injury meant she missed the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (swagghana.com, 20 Sep 2019)

She sustained a spinal disc injury in 2013 while training. (Athlete, 01 Oct 2017)

Start:

She took up the sport while she was at high school in Worcester, MA, United States of America. (thisweekinworcester.com, 22 Sep 2017)

Reason:

She initially played basketball at high school. "After my basketball season was done during spring of my seventh grade year, my sister suggested that I join her on the track team since I had to stay with her after school until we got picked up. When it was time to sign up for the meet I put my name down under triple jump because I thought it was the long jump and because all the other jumping events were full." (thisweekinworcester.com, 22 Sep 2017)

Ritual:

She dances and listens to music before her races. (Athlete, 01 Oct 2017)

Award:

While in high school she was named Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year in 2011. (telegram.com, 11 Jun 2020; LinkedIn profile, 19 Jul 2014)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She has served as an assistant track and field coach at both Columbia University and the University of New York in the United States of America. She has also worked as programme manager at the Boys and Girls Club in New York City as well as at the University of Miami School of Law. In 2020 she took up a post as community engagement office at the Special Olympics organisation in the state of Florida. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has a master's degree in education in sports management from the University of Miami in Florida, United States of America. (eketotokyo.com, 01 Oct 2019)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NadiaEke/
https://instagram.com/nadeekz/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadiaeke

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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