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Patience Okon George

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Nigerian sprinter (born 1991)

Patience Okon George
Personal information
Born (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (age 33)
Cross River State, Nigeria
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres
ClubCross River
Achievements and titles
Personalbest400 m 50.71 s (2015)

Patience Okon Georgelistenⓘ (born 25 November 1991) is a Nigeriansprinter.[2] She competed in the400 metres event at the2015 World Championships in Athletics inBeijing,China[3] and also at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. George is a two-timeAfrican Championships bronze medallist in the individual 400 metres event. She is also a three-time Nigerian national champion in the 400 metres.[4]

On 2 August 2014, she ran the first leg of the 4 × 400 m relay for the Nigerian team that came second behind the Jamaican quartet at theGlasgow Commonwealth Games. She also ran in the heats of the 4 × 100 m relay for Nigeria.[5]

Okon George won a bronze medal at the 2014African Championships in Marrakesh, behind fellow Nigerian,Sade Abugan andKabange Mupopo ofZambia. She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay with teammatesRegina George, Ada Benjamin, and Sade Abugan.[6]

In 2015, Okon George set a new PB of 50.76s in the 400 m at theResisprint meeting in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds.[7] This was her first time under the 51s barrier. At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, she equalled her PB in the semi-finals of the women's 400 m after posting a time of 50.87 s to qualify third fastest in her heat. Later on, in the year at theAll Africa Games, she won a silver medal behindKabange Mupopo in a new personal best of 50.71 s.

She won her second individual African Championships bronze medal in the 400 metres at the2016 Durban Championships. She placed third behind Mupopo andMargaret Wambui. She also anchored the Nigerian 4 × 400 m quartet (Omolara Omotosho,Regina George,Yinka Ajayi, Patience Okon George) to a silver medal on the last day of the championships. She successfully defended her national title in 2016 and sealed her spot for theRio Olympic Games.[8]

In 2019, George won the gold medal in thewomen's 4 × 400 metres relay at the2019 African Games held inRabat,Morocco.[9]

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Nigeria
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia–4 × 100 m relayDQ
6th4 × 400 m relay3:27.57
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland5th4 × 400 m relay3:31.59
World RelaysNassau, Bahamas7th4 × 200 m relay1:33.71
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:23.41
Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom4th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.13
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:24.71
African ChampionshipsMarrakech, Morocco3rd400 m51.68
1st4 × 400 m relay3:28.87
Continental CupMarrakech, Morocco3rd4 × 400 m relay3:25.511
2015World RelaysNassau, Bahamas10th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:32.16
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China9th (sf)400 m50.76
5th4 × 400 m relay3:25.11
African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo2nd400 m50.71
1st4 × 400 m relay3:27.12
2016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa3rd400 m52.33
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:29.94
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil23rd (sf)400 m52.52
2017World RelaysNassau, Bahamas5th4 × 200 m relay1:33.08
7th4 × 400 m relay3:32.94
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom21st (sf)400 m52.60
5th4 × 400 m relay3:26.72
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Queensland, Australia–400 mDQ
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:25.29
African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria5th400 m52.34
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:31.17
2019World RelaysYokohama, Japan17th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.07
18th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:32.10
African GamesRabat, Morocco5th400 m52.18
1st4 × 400 m relay3:30.32
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar17th (sf)400 m51.89
15th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:35.90
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan30th (h)400 m52.41
12th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.25
2022African ChampionshipsPort Louis, Mauritius5th400 m52.98
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:36.24
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary–4 × 400 m relayDQ
2024African GamesAccra, Ghana1st4 × 400 m relay3:27.29
African ChampionshipsDouala, Cameroon1st4 × 400 m relay3:27.31

1Representing Africa

References

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  1. ^"Rio 2016 bio". Archived fromthe original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved24 November 2016.
  2. ^"Patience Okon George". IAAF. 24 August 2015. Retrieved23 August 2015.
  3. ^Heats results
  4. ^Eludini, Tunde (17 July 2017)."Ogunlewe, Okon win third national titles at 2017 All-Nigeria Championships –..."AthleticsAfrica. Retrieved28 February 2019.
  5. ^"Athletics, Women's 4x400 m relay final". CGF. 2 August 2015. Retrieved4 September 2015.
  6. ^"Nigeria's GOLDEN GIRLS win 4x400m Title as curtain falls on 2014 African Champs!". Making of Champions. 14 August 2014. Retrieved4 September 2015.
  7. ^"Makwala regains African 400m record with 43.72". IAAF. 5 July 2015. Retrieved4 September 2015.
  8. ^Maduewesi, Christopher (8 July 2016)."Okon George defends 400m title at Nigerian Olympic Trials".Making of Champions. Retrieved27 July 2016.
  9. ^"Athletics Results Book"(PDF).2019 African Games.Archived(PDF) from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved4 August 2020.

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