Amarachi "Ama" Pipi (born 26 November 1995) is a British track and field athlete who specializes in sprinting. In 2020, Pipi became the British indoor champion in the 200-meter race. She competed in the women's 400 metres event at the

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Athletics career

Club

She joined the Enfield & Haringey Athletics Club in 2007 at the age of 14. She has been coached by Linford Christie since 2019.

College

Pipi attended University of Oklahoma from 2015 to 2018 where she studied sociology and competed as an NCAA sprinter on the Sooner Track and Field team. During this time she competed in both indoor and outdoor sprinting events. Among other accolades, she was selected as an NCAA Indoor First Team All-American in 2018, qualified for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championship, became the first woman in Sooner school history to win the 200-meter title in the Big 12 and is the school record holder for indoor 400m sprint.

Professional

Pipi gained her first international experience at the Junior World Championships in 2014 as a member of Great Britain's Women's 4 x 100 meter team. In 2017, she finished fifth in the 200-meter run at the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz. In 2020, Pipi became British indoor champion in the 200-meter race. In 2021 she reached the semifinals at the European Indoor Championships in Toruń in the 400-meter run and won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay. At the

2022 European Championships The 2022 European Championships were the second edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Munich, Germany from 11 to 21 August 2022. The tournament began three days after the conclusion of the 2022 Commo ...

, She was part of British 4 x 400 quartet than ran the second fastest time ever (3:21.74) by a British women's team.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pipi, Ama 1995 births Living people British female sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Olympic female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Oklahoma Sooners women's track and field athletes People from Enfield, London Sportspeople from the London Borough of Enfield Athletes from London 21st-century British women European Games competitors for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games World Athletics Championships medalists English female sprinters Black British sportswomen English expatriate sportspeople in the United States