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Birth name | Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
Born | 3 July 2006 | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Long jump: 6.79m (Calabar, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor (born 3 July 2006) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. [1]
She was a silver medalist in the long jump at the 2023 African U18 Championships in Ndola, Zambia. [2] She was a bronze medalist aged 17 years-old in the long jump at the 2023 African Games in Accra, with a personal best 6.67 metres. [3] [4] [5]
She won the CAA Region 2 Championship in Accra in June 2024. [6] Later that month, she became Nigerian national champion in the long jump, jumping 6.75 metres in Benin City. [7]
In July 2024, she was officially named as part of the Nigerian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8]