OKAGBARE Blessing

Nigeria
Athletics
9 Oct 1988
32
Female
SAPELE
 
Nigeria
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's 100m  
Women's 200m  
Women's 4 x 100m Relay
NGR
Nigeria
  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 6
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Women's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation100m200mLong Jump4 x 100m
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRASF (11.09)SF (22.69)-7th (43.21)
2012London, GBR8th (11.01)-Qual. (6.34)4th (42.64)
2008Beijing, CHN--2nd (6.91)-

World Athletics Championships
YearLocation100m200mLong Jump4 x 100m
2019Doha, QATHeats (DNS)Heats (DQ)-Heats (43.05)
2017London, GBRSF (11.08)-8th (6.55)-
2015Beijing, CHN8th (11.02)Heats (DNS)--
2013Moscow, RUS6th (11.04)3rd (22.32)2nd (6.99)-
2011Daegu, KOR5th (11.12)Heats (DNS)Qual. (6.36)7th (42.93)
2009Berlin, GERHeats (DNS)-Qual. (DNS)-

African Games
YearLocation100m4 x 100m
2019Rabat, MARSF (DQ)1st

African Championships
YearLocation4 x 100m
2018Asaba, NGR1st (43.77)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
Year100m200mLong Jump
20211 x 2nd, 1 x 5th1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th-
20191 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th-
20181 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th1 x 7th-
20173 x 3rd, 2 x 4th1 x 6th1 x 6th, 1 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventLocationResult
12019100mRabat, MAR11.05
12019200mStanford, CA, USA22.05
22021100mDoha, QAT10.90
22019100mShanghai, CHN11.07
22018100mDoha, QAT10.90
32021200mGateshead, GBR22.61
32019200mDoha, QAT23.14
32017100mBrussels, BEL11.07
32017100mLondon, GBR10.99
32017100mParis Saint-Denis, FRA11.09

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
12021100mWorld Athletics Continental TourEugene, OR, USA10.97
22021100mWorld Athletics Continental TourHengelo, NED11.02
22021200mWorld Athletics Continental TourOstrava, CZE22.59
42021100mWorld Athletics Continental TourSzekesfehervar, HUN10.89

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
12017100mWorld ChallengeZagreb, CRO11.14
22018200mWorld ChallengeKingston, JAM22.66
22017100mWorld ChallengeHengelo, NED11.16
32019200mWorld ChallengeNanjing, CHN22.58
62018100mWorld ChallengeZagreb, CRO11.47
62018200mWorld ChallengeHengelo, NED23.03


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
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Athlete, Student
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Business - University of Texas, El Paso, TX, USA
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English
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In July 2015 she suffered a knee injury at the Diamond League event in Lausanne, Switzerland, but was able to return for the Monaco event later that month. (venturesafrica.com, 10 Sep 2015)

She opted not to compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, to instead undergo surgery to repair a stress fracture of her tibia. (iaaf.org, 06 Aug 2013)
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Growing up she practised running and jumping. She began competing in jumping in 2004 but her coach at the University of Texas in the United States of America suggested she switch to sprinting in 2009 after watching her run the 100m. (venturesafrica.com, 21 Aug 2015; dailymaverick.co.za, 30 Jul 2014; iaaf.org, 06 Aug 2013)
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When she was younger she played football and basketball. "I enjoyed playing sports in high school. I was fast but people used me as a target. It was then I realised that I didn't want to play anymore. My first race in athletics came after my sister told a physical education teacher that I could really run. He paid me to go to my first race, where I blew everyone away over 100m. That's how I started." (bbc.com, 05 Aug 2020; iaaf.org, 18 Jan 2016; news.nike.com, 30 Jul 2015)
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Her training includes running, cardio exercise and weight lifting. "Practice starts at about 11:00 and runs through to 15:00. On days that I am not training I usually do my stretching routine." (womenfitness.net, 15 Aug 2020)
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She listens to music before each race. 'I listen to a song that inspires me, something about victory and success." (news.nike.com, 30 Jul 2015)
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"It's all about setting goals and keeping your mind set on those goals. Don't ever give up on yourself." (venturesafrica.com, 21 Aug 2015)
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In 2017 she was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the University of Texas El Paso [UTEP] in the United States of America. (makingofchamps.com, 20 Mar 2018)

She was named the 2013 Athlete of the Year by the Nigeria Olympic Committee. (allafrica.com, 02 Dec 2013)

She was named the 2010 Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year. (iaaf.org, 06 Aug 2013)

General Interest

General
BEIJING MEDAL UPGRADE
In January 2017 she received the silver medal from the long jump at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing after the International Olympic Committee [IOC] disqualified Russian athlete Tatiana Lebedeva due to a doping offence. Okagbare had originally finished third in the long jump competition. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Feb 2020; makingofchamps.com, 25 Jan 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in public administration, communications, and sports marketing at Texas Tech University in the United States of America. "I went back to school to get my master's. I just always thought that being a professional athlete and making a lot of money, I really didn't care. I just focused on other things. I found out that there was so much more in me than being just an athlete. I have always wanted to go out and speak to people." (vanguardngr.com, 19 Apr 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has volunteered as an assistant athletics coach at Texas Tech University in the United States of America. (womenfitness.net, 15 Aug 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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