Patience Okon George (born 25 November 1991) is a Nigerian sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

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and also at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. George is a two-time

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bronze medallist in the individual 400 metres event. She is also a three-time Nigerian national champion in the 400 metres. On 2 August 2014, she ran the first leg of the 4 × 400 m relay for the Nigerian team that came second behind the Jamaican quartet at the

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. She also ran in the heats of the 4 × 100 m relay for Nigeria. Okon George won a bronze medal at the 2014 African Championships in Marrakesh, behind fellow Nigerian, Sade Abugan and

Kabange Mupopo Kabange Mupopo (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian Sprint (running), sprinter and association football, football player, who won a gold in the 400m at the Athletics at the 2015 All-Africa Games, 2015 All-Africa Games. Biography Mupopo ...

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. She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay with teammates

Regina George Regina George Grause (born 17 February 1991 in Chicago, United States) is an American-born Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the silver medallist at the African Ch ...

, Ada Benjamin, and Sade Abugan. In 2015, Okon George set a new PB of 50.76s in the 400 m at the Resisprint meeting in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds. This was her first time under the 51s barrier. At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, she equalled her PB in the semi-finals of the women's 400 m after posting a time of 50.87 s to qualify third fastest in her heat. Later on, in the year at the

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, she won a silver medal behind

in a new personal best of 50.71 s. She won her second individual African Championships bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Durban Championships. She placed third behind Mupopo and

Margaret Wambui Margaret Nyairera Wambui (born 15 September 1995) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. In her first international competition, she won the gold at the 2014 World Junior Championships. She later competed at the 201 ...

. She also anchored the Nigerian 4 × 400 m quartet (

Omolara Omotosho Omolara Omotosho (born 25 May 1993 in Akure, Nigeria) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and ...

, Yinka Ajayi, Patience Okon George) to a silver medal on the last day of the championships. She successfully defended her national title in 2016 and sealed her spot for the Rio Olympic Games. In 2019, George won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the

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held in

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, Morocco.

International competitions

¹Representing Africa

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:George, Patience Okon 1991 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics People from Cross River State Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Nigerian women Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games