Chioma Matthews (née Ezeogu, born 12 March 1981) is an English female athlete who competes in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

event and also played netball for England. She has a personal best distance of 13.53 metres in the triple jump.

Netball career

Matthews, playing for

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, was part of the inaugural

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formed in 2005. She then went on to compete in the sport of netball for England at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

in Melbourne, Australia and won a bronze medal.

Athletics career

Matthews switched sports to athletics at the relatively late age of 28 and competed at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

in Glasgow, Scotland in the triple jump finishing 8th.

References

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