Ezinne Okparaebo
- January 5, 2024
- Sprinter
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Ezinne Okparaebo Biography
| Name | Ezinne Okparaebo |
| Birthday | Mar 3 |
| Birth Year | 1988 |
| Place Of Birth | Imo State |
| Birth Country | Nigeria |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Parents | Juliet Okparaebo |
| Siblings | Chiamaka Okparaebo |
Ezinne Okparaebo is one of the most popular and richest Sprinter who was born on March 3, 1988 in Imo State, Nigeria. Okparaebo began the outdoor season on the 2nd of June by participating in her participation in the Floro Athletics Festival, where she made new Norwegian records in both 100 meters, with 11.16 (+2 meters per second) as well as 200 metres at 23.30 seconds. This not only improved her personal record for 100m she also set the record for 200 meters, a 30 years old record set by Mona Evjen (set on the 22nd of August, 1982). At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London the city of London, there was a brand new Norwegian record for 11.14 in the first session (fourth fourth) which allowed her to advance to the semi-finals in time. In the semi-finals, she made a record-breaking Norwegian record with 11.10 however it did not qualify for the final. The time was the 10th best time during the three semifinals, and also the fastest European time, however only eight runners advanced into the finals. She was 0.10 seconds behind the winner. At National Champions in Athletics 2012 she was awarded gold at 100m, for 8th time in a row.
Okparaebo made her debut in the Olympics in Beijing with a 100-meter run. In the initial qualifying round, 100 meters she placed second in the heat, and also set a the new Norwegian record time of 11.32 seconds. In the quarterfinals she was running the time of 11.45 seconds, but failed to reach the finals. She was a participant at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Barcelona in which she ran 60 meters. She qualified for the semifinals by running 7.42 in the qualifying. Despite her season-best performance in the semi-finals, which was 7.34 She was unable to make it to the finals as she finished in sixth. Additionally for the fourth consecutive year, she won the Norwegian champion of the 100 meters.
Okparaebo set a new Norwegian record of 100 meters in Bislett Games with the time of 11.26. During the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, she again set a new Norwegian record of 100 meters with the time 11.23 in the semi-final. She came fourth with the same time as in the semi-finals, only five hundredths of a second from the medal. For the sixth year in a row she won National Championships over 100 meters.
She set in February indoors a new Norwegian record of 60 meters with 7.17 seconds during a meet in Karlsruhe. In the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships she won bronze with 7.20 sec. She once again became a Norwegian champion of 100 meters, with the time 11.57. In the experimental heat during the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in South Korea, Okparaebo set a new Norwegian record with the time 11.20. In the semi-finals, she ran nearly three decades slower and was far from a final place.
In the National Championships in Norway in the year 2006, Okparaebo defended the gold from 2005 while at the same time made a record-breaking personal best of 11.70. It was achieved in 1.5 second of wind. She also took part at the Junior World Championships in Athletics 2006 in both 100 in 200 and 100 meters. She reached the semi-finals for 100 meters, but her time of 11.83 was not enough to earn to be able to compete in the finals. In the 200m race, she ran 24.43 during her heat for qualifying. This was fourth at the end of her heat but still not enough to make it into the semi-finals.
Ezinne Okparaebo Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Sprinter |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ezinne Okparaebo is one of the richest Sprinter from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ezinne Okparaebo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Ezinne Okparaebo (born 3 March 1988 in the state of Imo in southern Nigeria) is the Scandinavia’s fastest woman ever to cross 60m and 100m. She is representing Norway. Okparaebo has the Norwegian national records of 60m and 100m and has also won the 100m national championships 13 times. She emigrated to Norway at the age of nine and was raised in Ammerud. She went to the Haugen skole in which her talent for sprinting was discovered during a sports school day. It has become the most successful female athlete in Norway since 2005. She she is a member of an IL Norna-Salhus club. She took home the silver medal in 60 meters for women at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the bronze medal in the same event in the 2011, at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.
In 2005, Okparaebo stunned the Norwegian sprinters, and was Norway’s fastest sprinter, despite only being 17 years old. Okparaebo took part in her first ever participation at the Youth Olympics, which took place at Lignano, Italy. In the event, she placed third in the 100 meter race. On the 19th of August in the same year, she took home the gold medal for 100 metres at the Norwegian National Championships, running in the time of 11,71 seconds.
The season started with the indoor European Championship in Torino , where she won the silver at 60 meters, and set a new Norwegian record of 7.21. Okparaebo was three hundredth seconds behind the winner Yevgeniya Polyakova. During Bislett Games she set a new Norwegian record of 100 meters with time 11.29. In the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, she easily qualified for the quarterfinals by being second in her experimental heat at the time of 11.35. In the quarterfinals, it was nearly a tenth slower than in the first heat, which meant that she did not come to the semi-finals. She also defended her title as a Norwegian champion of 100 meters.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 5 im |
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During the 2015 World Championships in Athletics , she reached the semi-finals of 100 meters with the time 11,12 in the experimental heat. Despite 1.2 meters of headwind she was just two hundredths of a second behind her own record. The race was therefore referred to as perhaps her best race in the career. Okparaebo got the 18th best time in the semi-finals, with 11.19 seconds, and went no further.
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Ezinne Ranked on the list of most popular Sprinter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Ezinne Okparaebo celebrates birthday on March 3 of every year.
On 11 June, she participated in Bislett Games, but came in the eight place. She ran at 11.53, which was half a second behind the winner, Murielle Ahoure . In the Team-EM in Athletics 2015 (Super League), the Norwegian relay team entered a new Norwegian record of 4 × 100 meters, with the time 43.94. Okparaebo ran here with Isabelle Pedersen, Ida Bakke Hansen and Elisabeth Slettum, and they came in seventh place. She also participated at 100 meters individually, but had a lot of headwind in her heat (-4.3 m / s), and came in seventh place with time 11.80.