Esther Toko Explained
Esther Toko |
Native Name: | Esther Tamaraebi Toko |
National Team: | Nigeria |
Birth Date: | 28 March 2000 |
Sport: | Rowing |
Esther Tamaraebi Toko (born 28 March 2000) is a Nigerian rower. She won bronze and silver medals at the 2019 African Beach Games and she also qualified to row single sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career
Toko competed in the 2015 World Rowing Championships and the 2019 African Games.[1] At the latter event, she competed in four events.[2] She then won a bronze and a silver medal at the African Beach Games in Cape Verde in 2019.[3]
Toko was then selected to be the first home-based rower to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She qualified to compete in the single sculls after coming third in the B-final at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunisia.[4] As of February 2020, she was one of thirteen Nigerian athletes who had qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo in eleven different sports.[5]
Toko trains at the National Institute for Sports in Lagos.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: Aviron – Esther Tamaramiyebi Toko (Nigéria) . www.les-sports.info . 2 May 2020.
- Web site: African Games (Rowing) Athlete Profile : TOKO Esther Tamaramiyebi . www.jar2019.ma . 2 May 2020.
- Web site: These Women Are Representing Nigeria in Water Sports at the 2020 Olympics . BellaNaija . 2 May 2020 . 21 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407045841/https://www.bellanaija.com/2020/03/these-women-are-representing-nigeria-in-water-sports-at-the-2020-olympics/ . 7 April 2020 . live .
- Web site: Nduka . Dan-Ekeh . 19-year Old, ESTHER TOKO TAMARAEBI Currently Preparing Hard For The Olympics . WotzupNG . 2 May 2020 . 29 January 2020.
- News: Monye . Alex . 13 athletes qualify for Tokyo, ministry prunes events to 11 . 2 May 2020 . The Guardian Nigeria . 28 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200318094158/https://guardian.ng/sport/13-athletes-qualify-for-tokyo-ministry-prunes-events-to-11/ . 18 March 2020 . live .
- Web site: Ogunseye . Adebanjo . Tokyo 2020: Esther Toko Shaping up for debut Olympic Games Appearance . Latest Sports News In Nigeria . 2 May 2020 . 24 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200128202223/https://www.brila.net/tokyo-2020-esther-toko-shaping-up-for-debut-olympic-games-appearance/ . 28 January 2020 . live .