Ola Sesay (born 30 May 1979 in

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and po ...

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

) is a

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

er.London 2012 profile
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the flag bearer of Sierra Leone during the

2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday 27 July 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London, during which the Games were formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proce ...

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1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Freetown Sierra Leonean long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sierra Leone Female long jumpers Sierra Leonean female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Sierra Leone Commonwealth Games competitors for Sierra Leone Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{SierraLeone-athletics-bio-stub