Ifeoma Ozoeze (born 13 August 1971) is an Italian former heptathlete.

Career

She finished fifteenth at the 1991 World Championships and eighth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. In 1995, Ozoeze won a

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: she won the

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the same year.

Personal life

Ozoeze's father is a Nigerian

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, her Italian mother Silvana Collodo was the president of the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

. Ozoeze was arrested in 2008 for

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, and was placed in the women's prison of

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. During her time in prison, she published a book titled "Perché".

Achievements

National titles

Ifeoma Ozoeze has won one time the individual

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. *1 win in Eptathlon (1990)

Bibliography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozoeze, Ifeoma 1971 births Living people Italian female pentathletes Italian heptathletes Italian people of Nigerian descent World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Sportspeople from Brixen Athletes from South Tyrol Italian Athletics Championships winners