Peace Uko

Peace Uko (born 26 December 1995) is a Nigerian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.[1] She won the 100 m at the 18th Nigerian National Sports Festival.[2]

Peace Uko
Personal information
Born (1995-11-26) 26 November 1995
Nigeria
Sport
Country Nigeria
SportAthletics
Sprint100 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.27 s (2015)
Updated on 2 August 2016.

She ran the first leg in the heats of the 4 × 100 m at the 2013 Moscow World Championships. The team was eventually disqualified for a baton drop between team mates, Patience Okon George and Stephanie Kalu.

At her first outing at the Nigerian University Games in 2014, she won the 100 m.[3] She also won the 200 m finishing ahead of Patience Okon George.[4] This helped her university, University of Port Harcourt win the games for the fifth consecutive time.[5]

At the 2015 World Relays in Nassau, she ran the anchor leg in the 4 × 100 m for Nigeria who finished in seventh place.[6] in 2015, she also set a personal best of 11.27 s at the NTC Pure Athletics Sprints Elite Meet in Clermont, Florida, United States.[7] At the 2016 Nigerian Championships, she placed second in the 100 m behind Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, also finishing ahead of the defending champion, Gloria Asumnu.[8] Uko competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 4 x 100 m.

References
  1. "IAAF: Peace Uko | Profile". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. Omogbeja, Yomi (6 December 2012). "Eko 2012: Uko and Imhoaperamhe take sprint titles at Nigeria National Sports Festival". AthleticsAfrica. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "NUGA 2014: UNIBEN, UNIPORT win men, women's 100m gold - Vanguard News". Vanguard. Vanguard Media Limited. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. "24th Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games, Ile-Ife 18-21/02/2014 | Africathle". Aricathle. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. "UNIPORT Sets Record, Wins NUGA for the Fifth Time | Campus Portal Nigeria". Campus Portal. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. Akani, Bambo (4 May 2015). "Nigerias 4x100m women finish 7th but qualify for Rio 2016 on the Final Day of World Relays!". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. "Sports - Blessing Okagbare ranked 4th in the 2015 IAAF ranking". Nigerian Bulletin. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. Maduewesi, Christopher (7 July 2016). "Blessing Okagbare claims Seventh 100m title at Nigeria Olympic Trials!". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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