Patience Okoro Explained

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Patience Okoro
Nationality:	Nigerian
Birth Date:	10 July 1984
Height:	1.63 m
Weight:	58 kg
Country:	Nigeria
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	Heptathlon

Patience Okoro (born 10 July 1984) is a Nigerian heptathlete. She won a gold medal in heptathlon at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.^{[1] [2]}

Career

In one of her earliest international senior performances, she started during the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria where she won her first international bronze medal. She later placed fifth at the 2006 Africa Championships in Athletics and fourth at the 2011 All-Africa Games competitions. Okoro also won silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal during the 2003 events.^[3]

Achievements

All African Games

Representing
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	Heptathlon	5161 pts
2011	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	3rd	Heptathlon	5436 pts	–

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biographies – African Championships in Athletics Addis Ababa 2008 . 2020-05-04 . Tunis Athlete Voila . 31 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331114525/http://tunisathle.voila.net/Evenements/ChAfrSen2008Addis.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: Results – All African Games in Athletics Algiers 2006 . 2020-05-04 . Africa Athlete .
3. Web site: Events Results – All African Games in Athletics Abuja, Nigeria 2003 . 2020-05-04 . African Athlete.