Beatrice Utondu

	Beatrice Utondu Beatrice Utondu (born 23 November 1969) is a former sprinter from Nigeria who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. She specialized in the 100 metres event, setting her personal best of 11.40 seconds during the 1991 World Championships and becoming the African champion in the event in 1993. She also won long jump in the 1987 All-Africa Games The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987, to August 12, 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports. From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulti .... Achievements External links * 1969 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters Nigerian female long jumpers Nigerian female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Athletics (sport) Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Nigerian Female Sprinters Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. ''Nigeria'' is composed of various ethnic groups and cultures and the term Nigerian refers to a citizenship-based civic nationality. Nigerians derive from over 250 ethnic groups and languages.Toyin Falola. ''Culture and Customs of Nigeria''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 2001. p. 4. Though there are multiple ethnic groups in Nigeria, economic factors result in significant mobility of Nigerians of multiple ethnic and religious backgrounds to reside in territories in Nigeria that are outside their ethnic or religious background, resulting in the mixing of the various ethnic and religious groups, especially in Nigeria's cities.Toyin Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	African Games Medalists In Athletics (track And Field) African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa * Ethnic groups of Africa * Demographics of Africa * African diaspora African, an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the African Union Citizenship of the African Union Demographics of the African Union Africanfuturism African art * African jazz (other) African cuisine African culture African languages African music African Union ** African lion, a lion population in Africa Books and radio * ''The African'' (essay), a story by French author J. M. G. Le Clézio * ''The African'' (Conton novel), a novel by William Farquhar Conton * ''The African'' (Courlander novel), a novel by Harold Courlander * ''The Africans'' (radio program) Music * "African", a song by Peter Tosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	African Games Gold Medalists For Nigeria African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa * Ethnic groups of Africa * Demographics of Africa * African diaspora African, an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the African Union Citizenship of the African Union Demographics of the African Union Africanfuturism African art * African jazz (other) African cuisine African culture African languages African music African Union ** African lion, a lion population in Africa Books and radio * ''The African'' (essay), a story by French author J. M. G. Le Clézio * ''The African'' (Conton novel), a novel by William Farquhar Conton * ''The African'' (Courlander novel), a novel by Harold Courlander * ''The Africans'' (radio program) Music * "African", a song by Peter Tosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]