Nadia Eke (born 11 January 1993) is a
Ghana
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ian
triple jump
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er.
Education
Eke graduated from
Columbia University
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in 2015.
Career
In 2014, she finished tenth at the
Commonwealth Games
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in
Glasgow
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, won silver at the
African Championships An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between Africa, African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports club, sports clubs.
List of championships
;Athletics
* African ...
in
Marrakech
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and was seventh at the
IAAF Continental Cup
The IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field competition organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
The event was proposed by IAAF former President Primo Nebiolo and was first held in 1977 as ...
.
She also won bronze at the
African Games
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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
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
in the Women's triple jump event.
Personal bests
Outdoor
* Triple jump – 14.33m, June 2019,
Jamaica
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(
Ghanaian record)
Indoor
* Triple jump – 13.60m, 14 January 2017,
New York City
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References
External links
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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
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