Sorina Nwachukwu Explained

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Sorina Nwachukwu
Birth Date:21 August 1987
Birth Place:Witten, North Rhine-
Westphalia
, West Germany
Weight:640NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:4 × 400 metres relay
Club:TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Coach:Joachim Schwarzmüller
Pb:400 m: 51.53 s (2008)
Show-Medals:yes

Sorina Nwachukwu (born August 21, 1987 in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German sprinter of Nigerian descent, who specialized in the 400 metres.[1] She set her personal best time of 51.53 seconds, by winning the same distance at the 2009 German National Athletics Championships in Ulm.[2] Nwachukwu is also a member of the track and field team for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and is coached and trained by Joachim Schwarzmüller.[3]

Nwachukwu competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Claudia Hoffmann, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, and Jonna Tilgner. Running the second leg, Nwachukwu recorded her individual-split time of 52.60 seconds, and the German team went on to an eighth-place finish in the final, for a total time of 3:28.45.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Sorina Nwachukwu. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224149/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nw/sorina-nwachukwu-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 26 January 2013.
  2. News: European Athletics U23 Championships, Kaunas: Women's preview. European Athletics. 26 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Profile – Sorina Nwachukwu. German. Leichtathletik Deutsche. 26 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Women's 4×400m Relay Final. NBC Olympics. 26 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821150106/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW404100/index.html. 21 August 2012.