Ezinne Okparaebo
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 Ezinne Okparaebo during 2009 European Team Championships |
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| Full name | Ezinne Okparaebo | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||
| Born | March 3, 1988 Imo, Nigeria |
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| Height | 1.64 metres (5 ft 5 in) (2008) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kilograms (120 lb) (2008) | |||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Norway |
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60m 100m 200m |
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| Turned pro | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
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Ezinne Okparaebo (born 3 March 1988 in Imo, Nigeria) is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Norway.[1] She has been living in Norway since the age of nine.
Okparaebo represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed second in her first round heat after Kerron Stewart in a time of 11.32 seconds. She qualified for the second round, in which she failed to qualify for the semi finals as her time of 11.45 was the fourth time of her race.[1]
In the 2009 European Indoor Championships in Turin she won a silver medal on the 60 metres event.[2]
Okparaebo is a member of the Christian sports organization Kristen Idrettskontakt (KRIK).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Athlete biography: Ezinne Okparaebo, Beijing2008.cn - accessed 28 August 2008
- ^ Day 3: Bayer provides the perfect finale European-Athletics.org - accessed 8 March 2009
- ^ "Aftenposten.no - Disse er sterke i troen". http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/article3497425.ece.
[edit] External links
- IAAF profile for Ezinne Okparaebo
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