Christine Akullo (born 23 June 1990) is a

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n Paralympic athlete competing in the T13 Category. Akullo won Gold for Uganda in the T13 100m at the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique as well as the 2015 All Africa Games. She was also

's flag bearer at the

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in London.

Background and education

Akullo was in

Aboke Aboke is a town in the Kole District of the Northern Region of Uganda. It was the location of the Aboke abductions, in October 1996. Location Aboke is located in ''Akwiridid Parish'', Aboke sub-county, Kole District, in the Lango sub-regio ...

Soroti District Soroti District is a district in Eastern Uganda. It is named after its chief municipal, administrative and commercial headquarters, Soroti, where the district headquarters are located. Location Soroti District is bordered by Amuria District to th ...

to Joseph Ayom and Jennet Rose Agiro. After contracting

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in 1998, she became partially blind. Between 1996 and 2004, she received her early education at Namatala Primary School in

Mbale District Mbale District is a district in Eastern Uganda. It is named after the largest city in the district, Mbale, which also serves as the main administrative and commercial center in the sub-region. Location Mbale District is bordered by Sironko Distri ...

. She later joined St Francis Madera School for the Blind in Soroti in 2006 and completed her A-Level in 2011. Locally she is sponsored by Child Fund International and it was reported that she would be joining

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in September 2012 to pursue a bachelor's degree in

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. As of 2015, Akullo living in Morungatuny Sub County in

Amuria district Amuria District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Amuria is the site of the district headquarters. Location Amuria District is bordered by Otuke District to the north, Napak District to the northeast, Katakwi District to ...

Athletics

She joined the national team in 2007 though other sources state that she took up para-athletics in 2010 while in

Soroti Soroti is a city in Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main City, commercial, and administrative center in curved out of Soroti District, one of the nine administrative districts in the Teso sub-region. Soroti City was immediately approved f ...

. She participated in several district championships where she competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m. According to the

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, her first international race was in 2010 at the Great Lakes championship in

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, where she won gold in 100m, 200m, and 400m. She followed that up with a gold medal in the women's T13 100m final at the Africa Games that were held in Maputo, Mozambique In 2015, Akullo run in 13.34 seconds to win another gold medal in the final of the women's T13 100m at the Africa Games that were held in Brazzaville. Later in 2017, she entered and competed in the T13, F13 100 and 400m at the World Para Athletics Championships in London. Akullo later represented Uganda at the

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in November of that year where she finished fifth in the second heat of the T13 100m semifinal thus putting her Olympic qualification on hold.

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Uganda Paralympic Committee
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Background and education

Athletics

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