Grace Chinonyelum Anigbata (born 16 September 1998) is a Nigerian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who specialises in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. She competed at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

in the

winning a gold medal. In 2016, Grace Anigbata became Nigeria's high jump champion at age 18, with a jump of 1.70 m. In 2018, she won the triple-jump event of the

African championships An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships ;Athletics *African Championships in Ath ...

in Asaba.

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* Living people 1998 births Nigerian female long jumpers Nigerian female sprinters Nigerian female triple jumpers Nigerian female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Championships in Athletics winners African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Nigerian women {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub