Blessing Oghnewresem Okagbare-Otegheri (born 9 October 1988) is a former Nigerian

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athlete who specialized in

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and

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. She is an

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and

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medalist in the long jump, and a world medalist in the

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. She also holds the Women's

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Commonwealth Games record for the fastest time at 10.85 seconds. She is currently serving an 11 year ban for breaching multiple

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rules. Her ban expires on 30 July 2032. Her 100 m best of 10.79 made her the African record holder for the event until it was eclipsed by

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in 2016. On June 17, 2021 Okagbare ran a wind-aided 10.63 100 m. She was the African record holder over the 200m with a time of 22.04 seconds in 2018, thus making her the second-fastest African female athlete over the 200m behind Christine Mboma who ran an African record of 21.78 seconds in 2021. She was the African 100 m and long jump champion in 2010. She has also won medals at the

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and World Relays. Okagbare was suspended after failing a drugs test on 31 July 2021 during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On 18 February 2022 it was announced that she had been banned from athletics for a period of 10 years commencing 30 July 2021 for multiple breaches of

Anti-Doping rules. Following a hearing at the

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that found her to have taken both

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and EPO over an extended period, and to have failed to co-operate with the investigation, Okagbare was banned for ten years, effectively ending her athletics career in disgrace. On 23 June 2022, the AIU announced that Okagbare's ban had been extended by a year for further anti-doping offences.

Career

Early life

Of Urhobo heritage, Okagbare was born in

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, in Nigeria. Given her athletic physique, teachers and family encouraged her to take up sports. Initially she played

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as a teenager at her high school and later, in 2004, she began to take an interest in

. She participated in a number of disciplines early on, competing in the

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and

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events at the Nigerian school championships and winning a medal in each. On the senior national stage, she was a triple jump bronze medalist at the 2004 Nigerian National Sports Festival. Okagbare's first international outing came at the

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, where she performed in the qualifying rounds of both the long and triple jump competitions. In May 2007, at the All-Africa Games trials in

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, she established a Nigerian record of 14.13 meters in the triple jump. At the

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she won the silver medal in the long jump and finished fourth in the triple jump. In the latter competition her Nigerian record was beaten by Chinonye Ohadugha, who jumped 14.21 meters.

Olympic and African medals

As a 19-year-old, she won a silver medal in the women's long jump event at the

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. She was selected to compete at the

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but did not start either the 100 m or long jump. Okagbare scored a 100 m/long jump double at the

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for

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, completing an undefeated collegiate streak for the

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that year. She won the Nigerian 100 m title in 2010, running a time of 11.04 seconds, and stated that she was opting out of the long jump in order to save herself for the upcoming African championships. At the

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in 2010, she won gold in the long jump again with a distance of 6.62 m while her compatriot Comfort Onyali took silver. Okagbare also won gold in the 100 m distance with a run of 11.03 s flat, while Gabon's

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and compatriot

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won silver and bronze with runs of 11.15 s and 11.22 s respectively . She won her third gold at the end of the championship as part of the Nigerian 4×100 m women's relay team. The team of Okagbare, Osayomi, Lawretta Ozoh and

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set a new

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with a run of 43.43 s, more than a full second ahead of the silver-winning Cameroonian quartet. In 2011, Okagbare continued to build on her earlier endeavors by establishing herself as a 100 m runner. At the 2011 World Championships in

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, Okagbare placed fifth in the 100 m final with a run of 11.12 s. However, she did not make it to the final of the long jump as her best jump of 6.36 m was not enough to get her out of her qualifying group. She concluded her 2011 season by winning three medals at the

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, Mozambique. She won silver in the 100 m behind compatriot Oludamola Osayomi with a run of 11.01 s and gold in the long jump with a jump of 6.50 m. She was part of the Nigerian quartet that won gold in the 4 × 100 m with a time of 43.34. 2012 was a busy year for Okagbare. She jumped 6.97 m in the long jump in

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during the Nigerian championship. She won new continental medals at the 2012 African Championships in

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. In the 100 m she was beaten to silver by Zang Milama, while in the long jump she claimed gold with a jump of 6.96 m.

London 2012 and 2013 World Championships

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, Okagbare participated in her second Olympic Games. Going into the Olympics she had run a number of fast 100 m races and there was much anticipation and hope of a medal. However the 2012 Olympics were not as successful for Okagbare as her 2008 outing. She established a new personal best of 10.92 s in the 100 m semi-final but placed eighth in the final with a run of 11.01 s. 2013 would prove to be a breakthrough year for Okagbare. In April 2013, in

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, Blessing Okagbare set a personal record in the 200 m with a time of 22.31 s. Then, in July, she improved her personal best in the long jump with successive jumps of 6.98 m at the

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meet in

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, and 7.00 m during the Monaco

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meet. On 27 July 2013, at the

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, Okagbare set a new African record of 10.86 s in her 100 m race. She won the final about an hour later, setting a new African record of 10.79, in a race where she beat reigning 100 m Olympic gold medalist

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. Okagbare's record eclipsed the existing record by compatriot

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of 10.90 s which had stood since 1998. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Okagbare won the silver medal in the long jump. Her jump of 6.99 m put her in second place behind

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of the United States by only two centimeters. In the 100 m final, she placed sixth with a run of 11.04 s and also placed third in the 200 m race.

2014 Commonwealth Games

Okagbare participated in both the 100m and 200m races. She made it through to the finals of the 100m and won with a time of 10.85 seconds, breaking the games record of 10.91 seconds set by

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12 years earlier at the

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in Manchester. Okagbare also won the gold medal in the 200, with a time of 22.25 seconds. In doing so, she became the fourth woman to win the

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and

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double at the Commonwealth Games.

2015 World Relays and African Games

She ran the lead off leg in the 4 × 200 m at the 2015 World Relays. The team consisting of Okagbare, Regina George,

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and

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, won the race and set an African Record in the process. She did not appear in the

at the

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or the

due to a hamstring injury she sustained while finishing last in the final of the 100 meters at the World Championships. At the end of the season, she did participate in the

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meet, the

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in Zurich, finishing second in the 100 meters. The Director General of Nigeria's National Sports Commission Al Hassan Yakmu was angered by the perceived snub: It was initially reported that Okagbare was banned from representing Nigeria at the 2016 Olympics. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria eventually refuted the claim. Though she opted out of the individual events at the All-Africa Games, she did run in the 4 × 100 m relay and help the Nigerian team ( Cecilia Francis, Okagbare, Ngozi Onwumere and Lawretta Ozoh) secure the gold medal.

2016 Rio Olympics

Blessing had a disappointing show at 2016 Rio Olympics as she finished without a single medal. She never made it to the final but was ranked 3rd in 100m semifinal finishing at 11.09s and ranked 8th with her teammates in the final of 4 × 100 m relay.

2020 Tokyo Olympics

Okagbare won her first round heat in the

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with a time of 11.05. She was subsequently suspended on 31 July 2021 after failing a drug test taken on 19 July 2021, which tested positive for

2022 Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Ban

On 18 February 2022, the AIU announced that Okagbare has been given a 10-year ban for “multiple breaches of anti-doping rules”. The athletics body said Okagbare was banned for five years for the use of multiple prohibited substances and another five years for not co-operating with the investigation. On 19 February 2022, the Nigerian sprinter reacted to the sentence by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), by writing a statement on her verified Instagram page that her lawyers are currently studying the allegations, and she will inform the people on how it goes.

Personal life

In September 2014, she married Nigerian footballer Igho Otegheri.

International competitions

¹Disqualified in the semifinal

National titles

* Nigerian Athletics Championships **100 meters: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 **200 meters: 2013, 2014, 2016 **Long jump: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 **Triple jump: 2007, 2008 *

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**60 meters: 2010

Circuit wins

;100 m * Meeting Sport Solidarietà: 2010 *

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: 2012, 2013 *

: 2012 *

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: 2013 *

Jamaica International Invitational The Jamaica International Invitational is an annual track and field competition at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a ...

: 2014 *

Shanghai Golden Grand Prix The Diamond League Shanghai is an annual athletics event at the Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China as part of the Diamond League. The meeting was founded as the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in 2005. The meet assumed its current name in 2010. From ...

: 2015 *

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: 2016 *

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: 2016, 2017 * Marseille Meeting International: 2017 *

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: 2017 *

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: 2018 ;200 m *

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: 2013 *

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: 2013 *

: 2014 *

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: 2014 *

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: 2016 *

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: 2016 *

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: 2016 ;Long jump *

: 2011 *

: 2013 *

: 2014

Personal bests

– 10.79 seconds (2013) *

– 22.04 seconds (2018) *

– (2013) *

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– (2007) *

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(indoor) – 7.18 seconds (2010) Her mark of 14.13 m in the triple jump is the African under-20 record. Her best of 10.79 in the 100 m was the African senior record from 27 July 2013 to 11 June 2016, when it was beaten by Ivorian athlete

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Seasonal bests

References

External links

Career

Early life

Olympic and African medals

London 2012 and 2013 World Championships

2014 Commonwealth Games

2015 World Relays and African Games

2016 Rio Olympics

2020 Tokyo Olympics

2022 Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Ban

Personal life

International competitions

National titles

Circuit wins

Personal bests

Seasonal bests

See also

References

External links