Nadia Eke

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Nadia Eke
Triple Jump
College teamColumbia Lions
Medal record
Women's
athletics
Representing  Ghana
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Marrakech Triple jump
Gold medal – first place 2016 Durban Triple jump
African Games
Bronze medal – third place
2015 Brazzaville
Triple jump

Nadia Eke (born 11 January 1993, Accra[1]) is a Ghanaian triple jumper.

Education

Eke graduated from Columbia University in 2015.[2]

Career

In 2014, she finished tenth at the

IAAF Continental Cup
.

She also won bronze at the African Games in Brazzaville in 2015. In 2016, she became African champion during the 2016 African Athletics Championship.[3]

She qualified to represent Ghana at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's triple jump event.[4][5]

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • Triple jump – 14.33m, June 2019,
    Ghanaian record)[5]

Indoor

References

  1. ^ Nadia Eke, results.gc2018.com
  2. ^ "Nadia Eke - Track and Field". Columbia University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  3. ^ Kwaw, Erasmus (28 June 2016). "Nadia wins gold for Ghana at 2016 African Athletics Champs". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Nadia Eke qualifies for World Champs and Tokyo 2020 with new National Record". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  5. ^ a b "Nadia Eke qualifies for World Champs and Tokyo 2020 with new National Record". Citi Sports Online. 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2021-08-02.

External links

Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for  Ghana
2020 Tokyo
with
Sulemanu Tetteh
Succeeded by
Incumbent