Emma Ania Explained

Birth Place:Islington, London, UK
Height:173 cm
Weight:63 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprint
Club:Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
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Emma Iwebunor Ania is a former track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain.[1]

Ania represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4×100 metres relay together with Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas and Emily Freeman. In their first round heat they placed second behind Belgium and in front of Brazil and Nigeria. Their time of 43.02 seconds was the fourth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange.[1] [2]

Ania attended St Thomas More School, Wood Green[3] and studied biology at Brunel University.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080906221225/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/224910.shtml Athlete biography: Emma Ania
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041927/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/emma-ania-1.html Emma Ania
  3. Web site: Emma Ania . Women's track and field . University of Illinois Athletics . 6 November 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080825074821/http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/w-track/mtt/ania_emma00.html . 25 August 2008 . dmy .
  4. Web site: Brunel University athletes selected for Beijing 2008 . Brunel University . pdf . 6 November 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213185703/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/1/olympics/2008BRUathletesc.pdf . 13 February 2012 . dmy .