Courtney Okolo
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| Born | March 15, 1994 Dallas, Texas,U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Courtney Okolo(born March 15, 1994) is an Americantrack and fieldsprinterwho usually competes in the400 metres.She starred at Carrollton (Texas)Newman Smith High Schoolwhere she won multiple individual state championships.
In college, she ran for theTexas Longhorns.[1]She was fourth in the 400 m at the2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships,and then the following year she completed an individual and relay double at the2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships.She set acollegiate recordin the 400 m that year when winning the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in 50.03 seconds.[2]In April 2016, she broke her owncollegiate record,running 49.71 seconds at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet. Okolo won consecutive titles in the women's 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay at the2015 NCAA Indoor Championships.In 2016 Okolo won 400m and 4 × 400 m relay titles in both the Indoor and2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships.After the season ended, she was awarded theBowerman Award.[3]She also won theHonda Sports Awardas the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2016.[4][5]
Internationally she won both individual and relay events for the United States at the2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championshipsand the2015 NACAC Championships in Athletics.More gold came in the4 × 400 m relayat the2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships[6]and2016 Olympic Games.[7]
Personal records
[edit]- 200-meter dash– 22.93 (2015)
- 400-meter dash– 49.71 (2016)
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2013 | Pan American Junior Championships | Medellín,Colombia | 1st | 400 m | 52.19 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.48 | |||
| 2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 400 m | 51.57 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.39 | |||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland,United States | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.38 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.06 | |
| 2017 | DécaNation | Angers,France | 1st | 200 m | 23.41 |
| 1st | 400 m | 51.96 | |||
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | 400 m | 50.55 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:23.85 | |||
| NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 400 m | 52.21 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.08 | |||
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.65 |
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | 400 m | 51.22 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.46 | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.96 |
National titles
[edit]- NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships
- 400 m: 2014, 2016
- 4 × 400 m relay: 2014, 2016
- NCAA Division I Indoor Championships
- 400 m: 2015, 2016
- 4 × 400 m relay: 2015, 2016
References
[edit]- ^"Texas sprinter Courtney Okolo honored by USTFCCCA".Hookem.com. February 9, 2016.RetrievedMarch 20,2016.
- ^"Courtney Okolo, Texas Sophomore, Sets New NCAA 400 Record of 50.03 at Big 12 Meet".LetsRun.com. May 19, 2014.RetrievedMarch 20,2016.
- ^"Courtney Okolo Wins The Bowerman Award::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes".The Bowerman.RetrievedMarch 9,2017.
- ^"Texas' Courtney Okolo Named Honda Award Winner For Track & Field::: USTFCCCA".RetrievedMarch 26,2020.
- ^"Okolo From the University of Texas Named the Honda Sport Award Winner for Track & Field".CWSA.June 16, 2016.RetrievedMarch 31,2020.
- ^"American women's 4x400 team wins gold at 2016 World Indoor Championships".OregonLive.com.RetrievedMarch 20,2016.
- ^Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
External links
[edit]- Courtney Okoloatwww.USATF.org
- Courtney OkoloatWorld Athletics
- Courtney OkoloatTeam USA(archived)
- Courtney OkoloatOlympics.com
- Courtney OkoloatOlympedia
- Women's 400m | World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018via World Athletics onYouTube
World Indoor Championsin women's400 metres | |
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- Living people
- 1994 births
- Sportspeople from Carrollton, Texas
- Track and field athletes from Dallas
- American female sprinters
- American sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic female sprinters
- United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners