Full name Ezinne Okparaebo Event(s) 60m 100m 200m Weight 56 kg Nationality Norwegian Name Ezinne Okparaebo Turned pro 2005 | Country Norway Role Track and field athlete Siblings Chiamaka Okparaebo Sport Running Height 1.64 m | |
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Born March 3, 1988 (age 36) ( 1988-03-03 ) Imo, Nigeria Personal best(s) 100 m: 11.10 s (London 2012)
200 m: 23.30 s (Floro 2012) | ||
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Ezinne Okparaebo (born 3 March 1988) is a track and field sprint athlete representing Norway. She was born in Nigeria, and has been living in Norway since the age of nine.
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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.
In the 2009 European Indoor Championships in Turin she won a silver medal on the 60 metres event.
Okparaebo won the 100m IAAF Diamond League in Oslo on 7 June 2012 in a national record time of 11.31 seconds.
She returned to the 2012 Olympics, setting a new Norwegian national record in the semi-finals of the 100 m with at 11.10, but failed to advance against a very fast field. She also raced in the 200 m. At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in the 100 m.
Okparaebo is a member of the Christian sports organization Kristen Idrettskontakt (KRIK).
