Anyika Onuora

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anyika Onuora
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Oct 28, 1984(1984-10-28)
Age	40
Birthplace	Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Anyika Onuora Biography

Anyika Onuora is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on October 28, 1984 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. Anyika Onuora (born 28 October 1984) is a retired British sprint track and field athlete who participated in the 100m 200 metres, 400 metres. She also competed in the relay 4×100 metres and four-way relay.

On August 28, 2014, she was instrumental in setting the British record for the women’s 4 x 100m run on the third leg, along with Asha Philip Ashleigh Nelson, and Desiree Henry, in the Diamond League in Zurich. The record was broken by the British record set just 11 days prior in the 2013 European Athletics Championships.

In October 2015, 10 months before winning her bronze medal in Rio 2016, Onuora had become severely unwell from malaria after visiting her late father’s home village in Nigeria. Few of her fellow GB athletes were aware that she had been unwell and could not walk due to illness, never mind train in preparation for the Rio Olympics selection trials. Despite this, she successfully qualified for the Olympics, and by 2016 had recovered sufficiently to win gold and bronze medals in Amsterdam and Rio.

She was born to Nigerian parents. She is the sister of former footballer Iffy Onuora and the academic Emy Onuora, author of the 2015 book Pitch Black, on the experiences of black British footballers.

She was a participant at her in 2009 at the Manchester City Games in a 150m street race taking in the “B” final of the women’s race.

Anyika Onuora Net Worth

Anyika Onuora is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anyika Onuora 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her first international junior competition took place at her participation in 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships in which she placed fifth in the 100-meter event and took home an award of silver with the British 4×100 meters relay team. She took part for the first time in major senior competitions in 2006, and during the Melbourne Commonwealth Games she reached the semi-finals for the 100m race and took home another silver in the relay 4x100m team with team English team. In the following five months, when she competed in the first European Athletics Championships, she did the same feat by making it to the individual semi-finals and winning a silver medal in the team relay. She also took part at the 2006 IAAF World Cup, representing Europe however she finished last, despite achieving an all-time high performance for her team. A technical lane mismatch in an United States team resulted in poor performances by the British team, and disqualification of American players. American team.

Onuora was selected as a representative of Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a backup athlete on the relay team; However, she ultimately didn’t make the team.

Specialising in the short sprints and sprint relays in her early career, and despite being part of the Great Britain 4 x 100 metres relay team that took gold at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, a move on her coaches suggestion to the longer 400 sprint and relay in her later career led to her most significant individual and relay successes. In the 4 x 400 metres relay, she won a World Championship bronze medal in 2015, while in 2016 an individual bronze in the 400 metres, and relay gold in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Championships were followed by an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay.

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Anyika Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Anyika Onuora celebrates birthday on October 28 of every year.