Sorina Nwachukwu (born August 21, 1987 in
Witten
Witten () is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Witten is situated in the Ruhr valley, in the southern Ruhr area.
Bordering municipalities
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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
) is a German sprinter of Nigerian descent, who specialized in the
400 metres. She set her personal best time of 51.53 seconds, by winning the same distance at the 2009 German National Athletics Championships in
Ulm
Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
. Nwachukwu is also a member of the track and field team for
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and is coached and trained by Joachim Schwarzmüller.
Nwachukwu competed for the
women's 4 × 400 m relay at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, along with her teammates
Claudia Hoffmann
Claudia Hoffmann (born 10 December 1982 in Nauen) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She represents SC Potsdam and trains under Frank Möller.
Her personal best time is 51.65 seconds, achieved in June 2010 in Regensburg
...
,
Florence Ekpo-Umoh, and
Jonna Tilgner. Running the second leg, Nwachukwu recorded her individual-split time of 52.60 seconds, and the German team went on to an eighth-place finish in the final, for a total time of 3:28.45.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
German female sprinters
Living people
Olympic athletes of Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
German sportspeople of Nigerian descent
People from Witten
Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region)
1987 births
Olympic female sprinters
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