(1970-12-25) 25 December 1970 (age 53) Umuihiokwu, Nigeria
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Nigeria
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
Long Jump
Commonwealth Games
1990 Auckland
4x100 m relay
World Indoor Championships
1997 Paris
Long Jump
Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, MON, OLY (born 25 December 1970) – also known as Chioma Ajunwa – is a Nigerian former track and field athlete and football player, notable for being the first Nigerian to win Olympic gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,[1][2] and the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event.[3] A member of the Nigerian Police Force,[4] Ajunwa remains the only woman to compete at both the FIFA Women's World Cup as a footballer and the Olympics as a track and field athlete.[5]
In December 2017, Ajunwa launched the Chioma Ajunwa-Okpara Foundation to discover new Nigerian stars in sports.[6] The Foundation, in collaboration with the Abia State government, sponsored an Under-16 Athletics Championship for Secondary Schools in March 2018.[7]
^Nigeria's Historic Olympian: Chioma Ajunwa Opara, Nigeria's only individual Olympic gold medalist and a national hero. - CNN
^"Chioma Ajunwa Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
^Nigeria's Historic Olympian: Chioma Ajunwa Opara, Nigeria's only individual Olympic gold medalist and a national hero. - CNN
^Chioma Ajunwa-Opara: From Olympics Success to Busting Crime
^From Grass To Olympic Gold – The Inspiring Story Of Chioma Ajunwa
^"Ajunwa-Okpara now ACP, seeks support for Foundation". The Sun Nigeria. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^Udeajah, Gordi (20 March 2018). "Abia hosts first Chioma Ajunwa Foundation U-16 Athletics Championships this weekend". The Guardian.
ChiomaAjunwa-Opara, MON, OLY (born 25 December 1970) – also known as ChiomaAjunwa – is a Nigerian former track and field athlete and football player...
Chioma is a Nigerian given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Chioma Agomo (born 1951), Nigerian law professor ChiomaAjunwa (born...
Ogura-Omoku Rd in Rivers State. Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport. ChiomaAjunwa – 1996 Olympic gold long jumper Chidobe Awuzie - cornerback for the...
Unified Team Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 1996 Atlanta details ChiomaAjunwa Nigeria Fiona May Italy Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 2000 Sydney...
New York City Christy Opara-Thompson Nigeria 12 February 1997 Ghent ChiomaAjunwa Nigeria 22 February 1998 Liévin Philomena Mensah Canada 7 March 1999...
Joseph Chike Edozien, the Asagba of Asaba ChiomaAjunwa, first female African Olympic gold medallist Chioma Igwe Ugochukwu Monye Adimchinobi Echemandu...
Faith Idehen 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's 4×100 metre relay Gold ChiomaAjunwa 1996 Atlanta Athletics Women's long jump Gold Men's football team Daniel...
Unified Team Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 1996 Atlanta details ChiomaAjunwa Nigeria Fiona May Italy Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 2000 Sydney...
Bakoyianni Greece 2.03 m Inha Babakova Ukraine 2.01 m Long jump details ChiomaAjunwa Nigeria 7.12 m Fiona May Italy 7.02 m Jackie Joyner-Kersee United...
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref 50 m 6.04+ ChiomaAjunwa 22 February 1998 Meeting Pas de Calais Liévin, France 55 m 6.58 Beatrice Utondu-Okoye...
Solomon Dalung alongside Akinwunmi Ambode, Willie Obiano, Lai Mohammed, ChiomaAjunwa-Opara, Herbert Wigwe Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah were shortlisted to be honoured...
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref 50 m 6.04+ ChiomaAjunwa Nigeria 22 February 1998 Meeting Pas de Calais Liévin, France 55 m 6.58...
Records Preceded by ChiomaAjunwa Women's 100 m African Record Holder 27 July 2013 – 11 June 2016 Succeeded by Murielle Ahouré Preceded by Evette de Klerk...
first since 2013. She broke the African Record in the long jump set by ChiomaAjunwa. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the long jump...
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