Nadia Eke (born 11 January 1993) is a

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ian

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er.

Education

Eke graduated from

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in 2015.

Career

In 2014, she finished tenth at the

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, won silver at the

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and was seventh at the

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. She also won bronze at the

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in Brazzaville in 2015. In 2016, she became African champion during the 2016 African Athletics Championship. She qualified to represent Ghana at the

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in the Women's triple jump event.

Personal bests

Outdoor * Triple jump – 14.33m, June 2019,

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( Ghanaian record) Indoor * Triple jump – 13.60m, 14 January 2017,

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* 1993 births Living people Ghanaian female triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for Ghana African Games bronze medalists for Ghana African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Columbia Lions women's track and field athletes Columbia College (New York) alumni Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ghana 21st-century Ghanaian sportswomen 21st-century Ghanaian people Athletes from Accra Ghanaian expatriates in the United States {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub