ORJI Keturah

United States of America

Athletics

Date of Birth: 5 Mar 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Place of birth: HOBOKEN, NJ

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : ATLANTA, GA

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	7

Schedule

Change

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4th (14.71)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	7th (14.46)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Long Jump
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (6.66)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Triple Jump
2021	2 x 5th
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	Triple Jump	Oslo, NOR	14.53
3	2019	Triple Jump	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	14.72
4	2019	Triple Jump	Zurich, SUI	14.43
5	2021	Triple Jump	Doha, QAT	14.37
5	2021	Triple Jump	Gateshead, GBR	13.96
9	2019	Triple Jump	Monaco, MON	14.20

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	Triple Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Walnut, CA, USA	14.38

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	5th (14.31)

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:

KO, K-tor, Ketch (keturahorji.com, 01 Feb 2020)

Hobbies:

Playing board games and card games, listening to music, reading. (keturahorji.com, 01 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Motivational Speaker, Student

Education:

Finance - University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Family:

Partner Kisean

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Atlanta Track Club [United States of America]

Coach:

Jeremy Fischer [personal], USA, from 2019; Nic Petersen [personal], from 2019

Injuries:

A calf injury meant she could not compete at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (flotrack.org, 25 Jul 2017)

Start:

She took up athletics in the ninth grade at high school. She initially wanted to run for the team, but the coaches quickly noticed her talent for jumping. (redandblack.com, 04 Jun 2015)

Reason:

She quit gymnastics after middle school and was looking to try a new sport. Since she had always been fast she joined her high school's track team. (redandblack.com, 04 Jun 2015)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (keturahorji.com, 01 Feb 2020)

Training:

She trains in Gainesville, FL, United States of America. (trackandfieldnews.com, 15 Aug 2020)

Memorable:

Winning silver in long jump at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Instagram profile, 09 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"Be content in knowing you gave your best and that's all you can do." (keturahorji.com, 14 Jan 2020)

Award:

She won the Liz Murphey Athlete of the Year award in four consecutive years between 2016 and 2019. The honour is presented to the best female track and field athlete by University of Georgia Athletics in the United States of America. (bulldawgillustrated.com, 30 Apr 2019)

In 2018 she was named Woman of the Year by the National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA]. (ncaa.org, 29 Oct 2018)

She won the 2018 Women's Bowerman Award, which is given to the top athlete in US collegiate track and field. (ustfccca.org, 25 Jul 2019)

She was named the 2016 Women's Field Athlete of the Year by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA]. (georgiadogs.com, 23 Jun 2016)

General Interest

General
COACH LOCATIONS
In 2019 she began working with coaches Jeremy Fischer and Nic Petersen. Both are based in the United States of America, with Fischer located in California and Petersen in Florida. "Coach Nic watches me during my practices in Florida. So he's giving me feedback live, but then Jeremy and I will watch video together sometimes online. So Nic always records all the jumps, all the running I do. And then he gives me feedback on what he thinks I need to improve, but I still go back and forth from Florida and California. Before the coronavirus [2020], I was going back and forth. So it was like a month or six weeks in Florida and then a month or six weeks in California. So it was definitely a good balance. It wasn't like I didn't see Jeremy for months and then he's trying to change things with me." (trackandfieldnews.com, 15 Aug 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in sport management and policy at the University of Georgia in the United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/keturahorji123
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/keturahorji/
https://instagram.com/ktorr1/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keturah-orji-a743a1106
https://twitter.com/Keturahorji
Athlete Website: https://www.keturahorji.com/

Legend

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

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