Courtney Okolo
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-03-15) March 15, 1994 (age 30) Dallas, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Courtney Okolo (born March 15, 1994) is an American track and field sprinter who usually competes in the 400 metres. She starred at Carrollton (Texas) Newman Smith High School where she won multiple individual state championships.
In college, she ran for the Texas Longhorns.[1] She was fourth in the 400 m at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and then the following year she completed an individual and relay double at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She set a collegiate record in the 400 m that year when winning the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in 50.03 seconds.[2] In April 2016, she broke her own collegiate record, running 49.71 seconds at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet. Okolo won consecutive titles in the women's 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships. In 2016 Okolo won 400m and 4 × 400 m relay titles in both the Indoor and 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships. After the season ended, she was awarded the Bowerman Award.[3] She also won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2016.[4][5]
Internationally she won both individual and relay events for the United States at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and the 2015 NACAC Championships in Athletics. More gold came in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships[6] and 2016 Olympic Games.[7]
Personal records
- 200-meter dash – 22.93 (2015)
- 400-meter dash – 49.71 (2016)
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2013 | Pan American Junior Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 1st | 400 m | 52.19 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.48 | |||
2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 400 m | 51.57 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.39 | |||
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.38 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.06 | |
2017 | DécaNation | Angers, France | 1st | 200 m | 23.41 |
1st | 400 m | 51.96 | |||
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | 400 m | 50.55 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:23.85 | |||
NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 400 m | 52.21 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.08 | |||
2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.65 |
Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | 400 m | 51.22 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.46 | |||
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.96 |
National titles
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships
- 400 m: 2014, 2016
- 4 × 400 m relay: 2014, 2016
- NCAA Division I Indoor Championships
- 400 m: 2015, 2016
- 4 × 400 m relay: 2015, 2016
References
- ^ "Texas sprinter Courtney Okolo honored by USTFCCCA". Hookem.com. February 9, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ "Courtney Okolo, Texas Sophomore, Sets New NCAA 400 Record of 50.03 at Big 12 Meet". LetsRun.com. May 19, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ "Courtney Okolo Wins The Bowerman Award ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes". The Bowerman. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ "Texas' Courtney Okolo Named Honda Award Winner For Track & Field ::: USTFCCCA". Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Okolo From the University of Texas Named the Honda Sport Award Winner for Track & Field". CWSA. June 16, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ "American women's 4x400 team wins gold at 2016 World Indoor Championships". OregonLive.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
External links
- Courtney Okolo at www.USATF.org
- Courtney Okolo at World Athletics
- Courtney Okolo at Team USA (archived)
- Courtney Okolo at Olympics.com
- Courtney Okolo at Olympedia
- Women's 400m | World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 via World Athletics on YouTube
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Preceded by | The Bowerman (women's winner) 2016 | Succeeded by |
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- 1976: Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer (GDR)
- 1980: Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova, Irina Nazarova (URS)
- 1984: Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough, Diane Dixon, Denean Howard (USA)
- 1988: Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olha Bryzhina, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS)
- 1992: Yelena Ruzina, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Liliya Nurutdinova, Marina Shmonina (EUN)
- 1996: Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Kim Graham, Jearl Miles, Linetta Wilson (USA)
- 2000: Jearl Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander, Andrea Anderson (USA)
- 2004: DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Moushaumi Robinson (USA)
- 2008: Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2012: DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross, Keshia Baker, Diamond Dixon (USA)
- 2016: Allyson Felix, Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, Courtney Okolo, Taylor Ellis-Watson, Francena McCorory (USA)
- 2020: Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu, Kaylin Whitney, Wadeline Jonathas, Kendall Ellis, Lynna Irby (USA)