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Chioma Ajunwa
Nigerian athlete (born 1970)
| Born | (1970-12-25) 25 December 1970 (age 54) Umuihiokwu, Nigeria |
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Chioma Ajunwa-Opara (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]
Early life
Born into what she describes as "a very poor home", Ahiazu-Mbaise-native Ajunwa was the last of ni
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It was a Buddhist monk in India, Jack Kornfield, who said “everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.” This saying is apt in the life of Nigeria’s first and only individual Olympic gold medallist, Chioma Ajunma who recently retired from the Nigeria Police Force as a Deputy Commissioner of Police after 35 years of meritorious service.
Ajunwa who also became the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event was born on December 25, 1970. She is the only girl and last born of nine children in her family.
Born into a humble background in Ahiazu-Mbaise of Imo State, Ajunwa was the youngest of nine children. Growing up in a financially challenging situation, she faced obstacles along the way.
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At 18, she couldn’t afford to obtain university education and so she decided to train as an automobile mechanic. However, her mother didn’t approve, and she eventually found her calling in sports and inevitably the Police Force.
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