Okagbare during the 200 m heat at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Born
(1988-10-09) 9 October 1988 (age 35) Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria
Years active
2007–present
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight
71 kg (157 lb)[1]
Sport
Country
Nigeria
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Long jump, sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
100 m: 10.79 (2013, NR) 200 m: 22.04 (2018, AR) Long jump: 7.00 m (2013)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Nigeria
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
Long jump
World Championships
2013 Moscow
Long jump
2013 Moscow
200 m
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow
100 m
2014 Glasgow
200 m
2014 Glasgow
4×100 m relay
2018 Gold Coast
4×100 m relay
All-Africa Games
2011 Maputo
Long jump
2011 Maputo
4×100 m relay
2015 Brazzaville
4×100 m relay
2007 Algiers
Long jump
2011 Maputo
100 m
African Championships
2010 Nairobi
100 m
2010 Nairobi
Long jump
2010 Nairobi
4×100 m relay
2014 Marrakesh
100 m
2014 Marrakesh
4×100 m relay
2018 Asaba
4×100 m relay
2012 Benin
100 m
World Relays
2015 Nassau
4×200 m relay
Continental Cup
2010 Split
100 m
Blessing Oghnewresem Okagbare-Otegheri (born 9 October 1988) is a former Nigerian track and field athlete who specialized in long jump and sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medallist in the long jump and a world medalist in the 200 metres. Okagbare also holds the women's 100 metres Commonwealth Games record at 10.85 seconds. She is currently serving a 10-year ban for breaching multiple World Athletics anti-doping rules. Her ban expires on 30 July 2032.[2]
Her 100 m best of 10.79 made her the African record holder for the event until it was eclipsed by Murielle Ahouré in 2016. On June 17, 2021, Okagbare ran a wind-aided 10.63 100 m.[3] She was the African record holder over the 200 m with a time of 22.04 seconds in 2018, thus making her the second-fastest African female athlete over the distance behind Christine Mboma, who ran an African record of 21.78 s in 2021. Okagbare was the African 100 m and long jump champion in 2010. She has also won medals at the All-Africa Games, IAAF Continental Cup and World Relays.
Okagbare was suspended after failing a drugs test on 31 July 2021 during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[4] On 18 February 2022 it was announced that she had been banned from athletics for a period of 10 years commencing 30 July 2021 for multiple breaches of World Athletics Anti-Doping rules.[2] Following a hearing at the Athletics Integrity Unit that found her to have taken both human growth hormone and EPO over an extended period, and to have failed to cooperate with the investigation, Okagbare was banned for ten years, effectively ending her athletics career in disgrace.[5] On 23 June 2022, the AIU announced that Okagbare's ban had been extended by a year for further anti-doping offences.[6]
^ abBlessing Okagbare. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
^ ab"The Disciplinary Tribunal has banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare for 10 years for multiple breaches of the @WorldAthletics Anti-Doping Rules". Twitter.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare runs second fastest 100m all-time . Boxscore World Sportswire (2021-06-18). Retrieved 2021-06-21.
^"BLESSING OKAGBARE OF NIGERIA PROVISIONALLY SUSPENDED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE | Athletics Integrity Unit" (PDF). Athleticsintegrity.org. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^"Disciplinary Tribunal hands Blessing Okagbare a 10-year ban for multiple breaches of the Anti-Doping Rules" (PDF). Athleticsintegrity.org. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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