Gina Akpe-Moses
.jpg) Gina Akpe-Moses (right) at the 2018 European Athletics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | 25 February 1999 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 100 metres 200 metres |
| Club | St. Gerald's AC |
Gina Akpe-Moses (born 25 February 1999 in Lagos, Nigeria) is an Irish athlete specialising as a sprinter. In 2017 she became the European junior champion over 100 metres, the first Irish woman to win an sprint gold medal at that level.[1]
Career
Arriving at the age of three in Dundalk, she started athletics at age 11 in St Gerald's AC, then specialised in sprinting. In 2014, she moved to Birmingham to join an elite British club. In 2015 she competed at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, coming in fourth place as part of the 4 x 100 metres relay team. She won joint-silver at the Athletics at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in the 200 metres in Tbilisi. She won the silver medal in the 100 metres run at the European Youths in 2016. In 2017 she won gold at the European U20s in Grosseto, and again came fourth in the 4 x 100 metres.[2][3] In 2018, she won silver as part of the 4 x 100m Irish team at the Youth World U-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, having also qualified for the final of the individual race.[4]
Personal bests
- 60 meters (indoors) – 7.47s (2017)
- 100 meters – 11.46 (2018)
- 200 meters – 24.37 (2015)
References
- ^ Harris, Arlene (29 December 2017). "The Shape I'm In: Gina Akpe-Moses". Irish Examiner.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (July 25, 2017). "Gina Akpe-Moses: Tokyo the target for Irish sprinting's new guard". Irish Times.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships - Grosseto 2017". european-athletics.org. 23 July 2017.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (14 July 2018). "Ireland women secure stunning 100m relay silver in Finland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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