Sorina Nwachukwu (born August 21, 1987 in

Witten Witten () is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. Geography Witten is situated in the Ruhr valley, in the southern Ruhr area. Bordering municipalities * Bochum ...

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) is a German sprinter of Nigerian descent, who specialized in the

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. She set her personal best time of 51.53 seconds, by winning the same distance at the 2009 German National Athletics Championships in

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. Nwachukwu is also a member of the track and field team for

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, and is coached and trained by Joachim Schwarzmüller. Nwachukwu competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the

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, along with her teammates Claudia Hoffmann, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, and

Jonna Tilgner Jonna Valesca Tilgner (born November 18, 1984, in Hannover, Lower Saxony) is a German sprinter and hurdler, who specialized in the 400 metres. She won two medals, silver and bronze, in the women's 400 m hurdles at the 2007 Summer Universiade in B ...

. Running the second leg, Nwachukwu recorded her individual-split time of 52.60 seconds, and the German team went on to an eighth-place finish in the final, for a total time of 3:28.45.

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German female sprinters Living people Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics German sportspeople of Nigerian descent Sportspeople from Witten Athletes from Arnsberg (region) 1987 births Olympic female sprinters 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub