Prestina Ochonogor | |
Birth Name: | Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Long jump |
Birth Date: | 3 July 2006 |
Pb: | Long jump: 6.79m (Calabar, 2024) |
Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor (born 3 July 2006) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.[1]
She was a silver medalist in the long jump at the 2023 African U18 Championships in Ndola, Zambia.[2] She was a bronze medalist aged 17 years-old in the long jump at the 2023 African Games in Accra, with a personal best 6.67 metres.[3] [4] [5]
She won the CAA Region 2 Championship in Accra in June 2024.[6] Later that month, she became Nigerian national champion in the long jump, jumping 6.75 metres in Benin City.[7]
In July 2024, she was officially named as part of the Nigerian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8]