Courtney Okolo
Personal information | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | March 15, 1994 |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 400 metres |
Medal record |
Courtney Okolo (born March 15, 1994) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 400 metres. She starred at Carrollton (Texas) Newman Smith High School where she won multiple individual state championships.
In college, she ran for the Texas Longhorns.[1] She was fourth in the 400 m at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and then the following year she completed an individual and relay double at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She set a collegiate record in the 400 m that year when winning the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in 50.03 seconds.[2] In April 2016, she broke her own collegiate record, running 49.71 seconds at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet. Okolo won consecutive titles in the women's 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships. In 2016 Okolo won 400m and 4 x 400m relay titles in both the Indoor and 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships. After the season ended, she was awarded the Bowerman Award.[3]
Internationally she won both individual and relay events for the United States at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and the 2015 NACAC Championships in Athletics. More gold came in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships [4] and 2016 Olympic Games.[5]
Personal records
- 200-meter dash – 22.93 (2015)
- 400-meter dash – 49.71 (2016)
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2013 | Pan American Junior Championships | Medellin, Colombia | 1st | 400 m | 52.19 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.48 | |||
2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 400 m | 51.57 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.39 | |||
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.38 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.06 | |
2017 | DécaNation | Angers, France | 1st | 200 m | 23.41 |
1st | 400 m | 51.96 | |||
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | 400 m | 50.55 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:23.85 | |||
NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 400 m | 52.21 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.08 |
National titles
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships
- 400 m: 2014, 2016
- 4 × 400 m relay: 2014, 2016
- NCAA Division I Indoor Championships
- 400 m: 2015, 2016
- 4 × 400 m relay: 2015, 2016
References
- ^ "Texas sprinter Courtney Okolo honored by USTFCCCA". Hookem.com. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ "Courtney Okolo, Texas Sophomore, Sets New NCAA 400 Record Of 50.03 At Big 12 Meet". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ "Courtney Okolo Wins The Bowerman Award ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes". The Bowerman. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ "American women's 4x400 team wins gold at 2016 World Indoor Championships". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ |Olympic Games
External links
- Living people
- 1994 births
- People from Carrollton, Texas
- Track and field athletes from Texas
- American female sprinters
- American people of Nigerian descent
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Texas