Victoria Ohuruogu (born 28 February 1993) is an English

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who competes in the

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. She won the silver medal in the event at the

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Career

She trained with her sister

Christine Ohuruogu Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu , MBE (born 17 May 1984) is a British former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres, the event for which she is a former Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion. The Olympic champion in 2008, and s ...

. In March 2014, Victoria competed in the senior team relay alongside her sister Christine Ohuruogu at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. At the

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, Ohuruogu won the bronze medal as a member of the women's

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team. At the

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, she was part of women's 4 x 400 m quartet than ran the second fastest time ever by a British women's team of 3:21.74.

Personal bests

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– 23.62 (-0.4 m/s, Los Angeles, CA 2022) *

– 50.50 ( Munich 2022) ** 400 metres indoor – 52.63 ( Birmingham 2022)

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* English female sprinters British female sprinters Living people 1993 births English people of Igbo descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century British women 21st-century British women Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{UK-sport-bio-stub