Amy Nnenna Okonkwo (born 26 August 1996) is a Nigerian-American

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player for Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the Nigerian National Team.

Nigerian National team career

Amy represented Nigeria at the

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in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 point and 1 rebound. She also participated in the

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, where she won gold with the team and averaged 9.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.4 assists.

References

1996 births Living people Citizens of Nigeria through descent Nigerian women's basketball players Shooting guards Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Nigeria Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Spain Nigerian expatriate basketball people in France American women's basketball players Southern Polytechnic State University Nigerian people of African-American descent American emigrants to Nigeria American sportspeople of Nigerian descent 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century African-American sportspeople African-American sportswomen American expatriate basketball people in Spain Sportspeople from Rancho Cucamonga, California Basketball players from San Bernardino County, California Nigerian women's national basketball team players {{Nigeria-basketball-bio-stub