Chidi Okezie
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| Full name | Chidi Anthony Okezie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American, Nigerian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1993年08月08日) 8 August 1993 (age 31) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Hampton Pirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Maurice Pierce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400 m: 45.24 (Nevis 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chidi Anthony Okezie (born 8 August 1993) is a sprinter.[2] Born in the United States, he competes internationally for Nigeria. He is a two-time African Championships bronze medallist in the 400 metres.
Personal
[edit ]His father, Moses Okezie is Nigerian and his mother Carol Morris is Jamaican. He has nine siblings.[3] He graduated from Hampton University in 2015 and has a Master's in Sports Administration.
Career
[edit ]Okezie was part of the American 4 ×ばつ 400 m relay team that won a gold medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona.[4]
He represented Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and reached the semifinals of the 400 m. He also ran the anchor leg for the country in the 4 x 400 metres relay heats. The team finished second but were eventually disqualified for a lane infringement.[5]
The 2018 African Championships were a success for Okezie. He won an individual bronze medal in the 400 metres behind Baboloki Thebe and Thapelo Phora. This made him a two-time African Championships bronze medallist as he had won a bronze medal at the 2016 Championships in Durban. He later anchored the Nigerian 4 x 400 m relay team to a bronze medal behind Kenya and South Africa. Okezie was also a member of the African quartet that placed second in the mixed 4 x 400 m relay at the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup.
In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the ×ばつ 400 metres relay">men's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[6] He also won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres.[6]
His personal best in the 400 metres is 45.24 s which he set at the 2018 Culturama Games in Nevis.
Competition record
[edit ]National Titles
[edit ]- 400 metres: 2015
Personal bests
[edit ]Outdoor
- 400 metres – 45.24 (Nevis, 2018)[7] [8]
Indoor
- 200 metres – 21.02 (Boston 2016)
- 400 metres – 46.48 (Boston 2016)
References
[edit ]- ^ "OKEZIE Chidi".
- ^ Womack, Ray. "Chidi Okezie - Philly's Newest Triple Threat". PennTrackXC.com.
- ^ "Chidi Okezie - Men's Track (Indoor/Outdoor)". Hampton University Athletics. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "OKEZIE WINS GOLD AT WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Hampton University Athletics. 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Athletics | Result Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1 - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Chidi Okezie storms to 45.24s PB ahead of 2018 African Championships". The Athletic Heat. 24 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "Nevis Athletics". nb-no.facebook.com (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 28 February 2019.
External links
[edit ]- 1993 births
- Living people
- Track and field athletes from Philadelphia
- American male sprinters
- Nigerian male sprinters
- American people of Nigerian descent
- American sportspeople of Jamaican descent
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Nigeria
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen