OKOGIE Josh

Date of Birth: 1 Sep 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.93/6'3''

Place of birth: LAGOS

Birth Country:

Nigeria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Men NGR Nigeria	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #03 AUS Australia 84 NGR Nigeria 67	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #13 NGR Nigeria 92 GER Germany 99	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #26 ITA Italy 80 NGR Nigeria 71	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Men	2019	People's Republic of China

World Championship U-19

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2017	Cairo, EGY

Non-stop [his eight grade gym teacher gave the nickname to him as he covered the court in both defence and offence]. (Kare 11 YouTube channel, 26 Jun 2018)

Occupation:

Business Administration - Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America

Languages spoken:

Minnesota Timberwolves [United States of America] since 2018

Ryan Saunders [club], USA; Mike Brown [national], USA

Position style:

Guard (startribune.com, 22 Jan 2020)

He was affected by a knee injury in November 2019. (startribune.com, 25 Nov 2019)

National league:

NBA [USA] (startribune.com, 22 Jan 2020)

He first tried basketball at a young age in the United States of America, and began playing seriously while he was in middle school. (ajc.com, 22 Jun 2018)

US basketball players Michael Jordan, Kevin Durrant and Stephen Curry. (usab.com, 22 Jun 2017)

General Interest

General
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
His family moved to the United States of America when he was age three and he holds both US and Nigerian citizenship. He represented the United States of America at the 2017 U19 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, and two years later played for Nigeria at the 2019 World Cup in the People's Republic of China. (Twitter profile, 13 Aug 2019; clutchpoints.com, 16 Jul 2019; ajc.com, 29 Mar 2017)

NBA DRAFT
In 2018 NBA draft he was selected in the first round, 20th overall pick, by the Minnesota Timberwolves. (nba.com, 02 Jul 2018; ajc.com, 21 Jun 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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