Anyika Onuora

Anyika Onuora
Anyika Onuora
Personal information
Nationality United Kingdom Great Britain
Born 28 October 1984 (1984-10-28) (age 27)
Liverpool, England
Sport
Club Liverpool Harriers
Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  United Kingdom and
 England
Commonwealth Games
Silver 2006 Melbourne 4×100 metres relay
European Athletics Championships
Silver 2006 Gothenburg 4×100 metres relay

Anyika Onuora (born 28 October 1984) is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres, and also the 4×100 metres relay.

Her first major junior international competition was the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships, where she finished fifth in the 100 m event and won a silver medal with the British 4×100 metres relay team. She competed in her first major senior tournaments in 2006: at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games she reached the semi-finals of the 100 m and won her second silver medal in the 4×100 m relay with the English team. Five months later at her first European Athletics Championships, she achieved the same feat again, reaching the individual semi-finals and taking another silver medal with the relay team. She also competed in the 2006 IAAF World Cup, representing Europe, but finished last, despite recording a season's best for the team. A technical lane mix-up with the United States team resulted in a poor performance for the British team and disqualification for the American team.[1][2]

Onuora was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a back-up runner in the relay team; however, ultimately she did not compete for the team.

She competed at the 2009 Manchester City Games in a 150 metres street race, winning the "B" final of the women's event.[3][4]

She is the sister of former footballer, Iffy Onuora.

Personal bests

Event Best Location Date
60 metres 7.31 s Bratislava, Slovakia 29 January 2006
100 metres 11.18 s Zeulenroda, Germany 29 May 2011
200 metres 22.93 s Daegu, South Korea 1 September 2011
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.[5]

References

  1. ^ Onuora Anyika biography. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-13.
  2. ^ Anyika Onuora Athlete Profile. British Olympic Association. Retrieved on 2009-05-13.
  3. ^ Mills, Steven (2009-05-14). Bolt ready for Manchester date. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-05-18.
  4. ^ Carl Markham and Mark Butler (2009-05-17). Bolt runs 14.35 sec for 150m; covers 50m-150m in 8.70 sec!. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.
  5. ^ Onuora Anyika Biography. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-12.


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