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Blessing Okagbare

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Born
1988 (35 years old)

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Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria

Position
Long Jumper

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Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)

Weight
71 kg (157 lb)

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Nigeria Athletics

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League
Olympics Athletics

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Latest Results

					Womens 100 metres Round 1 Heat 6	30 Jul 21
					Womens 100 metres Final	04 Aug 12

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Blessing Okagbare-Otegheri (born 9 October 1988) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specializes in long jumping and short sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medalist in the long jump, and a world medalist in the 200 meters. She also holds the Women's 100 meters Commonwealth Games record for the fastest time at 10.85 seconds. Okagbare was suspended after failing a drugs test on 31st July 2021 during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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. She is the current African record holder in the 200 m with her run of 22.04 seconds in 2018. She 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.