Peace Uko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Peace Uko

Nigerian track and field sprinter

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1995

Place of Birth: Nigeria

Profession: sprinter

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Peace Uko

  • Peace Uko (born 26 December 1995) is a Nigerian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.
  • She won the 100 m at the 18th Nigerian National Sports Festival.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.
  • She also won the 200 m finishing ahead of Patience Okon George.
  • This helped her university, University of Port Harcourt win the games for the fifth consecutive time.At the 2015 World Relays in Nassau, she ran the anchor leg in the 4 × 100 m for Nigeria who finished in seventh place.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • She competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 4 x 100 m.

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