Courtney Okolo

Courtney Okolo
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1994-03-15) March 15, 1994
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 400 metres
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland4 × 400 m relay
2018 Birmingham400 m
2018 Birmingham4 × 400 m relay
NACAC Championships
2018 Toronto 4×400 m relay
Pan American Junior Championships
2013 Medellin4 × 400 m relay
2013 Medellin400m

Courtney Okolo (born March 15, 1994) is an American track and field sprinter who 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 x 400m relay titles in both the Indoor and 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships. After the season ended, she was awarded the Bowerman Award.[3]

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 [4] and 2016 Olympic Games.[5]

Personal records

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2013 Pan American Junior Championships Medellin, 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

National titles

References

  1. ↑ "Texas sprinter Courtney Okolo honored by USTFCCCA". Hookem.com. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Courtney Okolo, Texas Sophomore, Sets New NCAA 400 Record Of 50.03 At Big 12 Meet". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  3. ↑ "Courtney Okolo Wins The Bowerman Award ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes". The Bowerman. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  4. ↑ "American women's 4x400 team wins gold at 2016 World Indoor Championships". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  5. ↑ |Olympic Games
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