Beatrice Utondu (born 23 November 1969) is a former sprinter from

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

who won an Olympic bronze medal in

4 x 100 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest co ...

Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. She specialized in the

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event, setting her personal best of 11.40 seconds during the 1991 World Championships and becoming the African champion in the event in 1993. She also won long jump in the

1987 All-Africa Games The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987, to August 12, 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports. From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulti ...

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* 1969 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters Nigerian female long jumpers Nigerian female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Universiade silver medalists for Nigeria Universiade bronze medalists for Nigeria Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade 20th-century Nigerian women Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub