Princess Kara

Princess Kara (born 2000) is a Nigerian discus thrower. She won both the National Championships and the African Under 20 Championships in 2019. Her personal best is 50.07 m (164 ft 3 1⁄4 in).

Princess Kara
Personal information
Born (2000-06-02) June 2, 2000[1]
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportDiscus throwing
Achievements and titles
Regional finals2019 African Under 20 Champion
National finals2019 National Champion
Personal best(s)50.07 m (164 ft 3 1⁄4 in)[1]
Medal record
2018 Nigerian National Sports FestivalDiscus
2019 National Under 20 ChampionshipsDiscus
2019 African Under 20 ChampionshipsDiscus
2019 National ChampionshipsDiscus

Personal life

Kara studies English at Benson Idahosa University in Benin City.[2]

Career

Kara participated in the 2016 National Youth Games and won silver in the triple jump at the 2017 Nigeria Private University Games Association (NPUGA Games).[3] She has also competed in the shot put.[1]

Kara won gold in discus throwing at the 2018 National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abuja.[4] In 2019, she won both the national Under 20 Championships and the African Under 20 Championships, starting to challenge Chinwe Okoro and Chioma Onyekwere for the number one position in Nigeria.[1][5] At the Under 20 African Championships (held in Abidjan), she recorded a personal best of 50.04 m (164 ft 2 in), which beat her previous highest score by over five metres.[6] She then set a new personal best of 50.07 m (164 ft 3 1⁄4 in) at the qualifying trials for the 2019 All Africa Games, later coming fifth at the games with a throw of 49.85 m (163 ft 6 1⁄2 in). She also won the 2019 National Championships.[1]

References
  1. "Princess Kara Profile". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. Fameso, Funmilayo (29 January 2019). "STRIDE – "I want to be the first Nigerian to win a Diamond League title" – Princess Kara". Nigeria Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. "NPUGA athletes can help boost Nigeria's global sports ranking, officials say". Vanguard News. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. Modupe, Oremule (26 June 2019). "I'm aiming for World Championship standards in discus — Kara". NNN NEWS NIGERIA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. Maduewesi, Christopher (29 December 2018). "Nigeria's 10 Breakout Athletes in 2018 (Part 1)". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. Ayodeji, Ayodeji (19 April 2019). "Princess Kara clocks PB to claim Discus Gold as Team Nigeria win five medals on Day 3 of CAA U18 & U20 Champs". Save Nigeria Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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