Patience Okon George

Patience Okon George
George in 2024
Personal information
Born (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991
Cross River State, Nigeria
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportTrack and field
Event
400 metres
ClubCross River
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 m 50.71 s (2015)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2014 Glasgow4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2014 Glasgow4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coast4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2026 Glasgow4×400m Mixed
African Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Brazzaville4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2019 Rabat4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2023 Accra4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2023 AccraMixed 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2015 Brazzaville400 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Marrakesh4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2018 Asaba4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2024 Douala4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2026 Accra4 x 400m relay
Gold medal – first place2026 AccraMixed 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2016 Durban4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2022 Saint PierreMixed 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2024 DoualaMixed 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2014 Marrakesh400 m
Bronze medal – third place2016 Durban400 m
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint Pierre4×400 m relay
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2025 Riyadh400 m
World Relays
Bronze medal – third place2014 Nassau4×400 m relay
Continental Cup
Bronze medal – third place2014 Marrakesh4×400 m

Patience Okon George listenⓘ (born 25 November 1991) is a Nigerian sprinter.[2] She competed in the 400 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China[3] and also at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. George is a two-time African Championships bronze medallist in the individual 400 metres event. She is also a three-time Nigerian national champion in the 400 metres.[4]

Career

On 2 August 2014, she ran the first leg of the 4 × 400 m relay for the Nigerian team that came second behind the Jamaican quartet at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She also ran in the heats of the 4 × 100 m relay for Nigeria.[5]

Okon George won a bronze medal at the 2014 African Championships in Marrakesh, behind fellow Nigerian, Sade Abugan and Kabange Mupopo of Zambia. She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay with teammates Regina George, Ada Benjamin, and Sade Abugan.[6]

In 2015, Okon George set a new PB of 50.76s in the 400 m at the Resisprint meeting in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds.[7] This was her first time under the 51s barrier. At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, she equalled her PB in the semi-finals of the women's 400 m after posting a time of 50.87 s to qualify third fastest in her heat. Later on, in the year at the All Africa Games, she won a silver medal behind Kabange Mupopo in a new personal best of 50.71 s.

She won her second individual African Championships bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Durban Championships. She placed third behind Mupopo and Margaret Wambui. She also anchored the Nigerian 4 × 400 m quartet (Omolara Omotosho, Regina George, Yinka Ajayi, Patience Okon George) to a silver medal on the last day of the championships. She successfully defended her national title in 2016 and sealed her spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[8]

In 2019, George won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[9] In 2026, she was part of the quartet that won the bronze medal in the mixed 4×400m relay at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[10]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Nigeria
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia – 4 × 100 m relay DQ
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.57
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.59
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 7th 4 × 200 m relay 1:33.71
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.41
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 4th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.13
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.71
African Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 3rd 400 m 51.68
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.87
Continental Cup Marrakesh, Morocco 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.511
2015 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.16
World Championships Beijing, China 9th (sf) 400 m 50.76
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.11
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 2nd 400 m 50.71
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.12
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 3rd 400 m 52.33
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.94
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23rd (sf) 400 m 52.52
2017 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 5th 4 × 200 m relay 1:33.08
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.94
World Championships London, United Kingdom 21st (sf) 400 m 52.60
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.72
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia – 400 m DQ
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.29
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 5th 400 m 52.34
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.17
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 17th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.07
18th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.10
African Games Rabat, Morocco 5th 400 m 52.18
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.32
World Championships Doha, Qatar 17th (sf) 400 m 51.89
15th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.90
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 30th (h) 400 m 52.41
12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.25
2022 African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius 5th 400 m 52.98
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.24
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary – 4 × 400 m relay DQ
2024 African Games Accra, Ghana 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.29
African Championships Douala, Cameroon 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.31
2025 Islamic Solidarity Games Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2nd 400 m 51.93
1st Mixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:16.27
2026 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 14th (sf) 400 m 53.21

1Representing Africa

References

  1. ↑ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Patience Okon George". IAAF. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Heats results
  4. ↑ Eludini, Tunde (17 July 2017). "Ogunlewe, Okon win third national titles at 2017 All-Nigeria Championships –..." AthleticsAfrica. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Athletics, Women's 4×400 m relay final". CGF. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nigeria's GOLDEN GIRLS win 4×400m Title as curtain falls on 2014 African Champs!". Making of Champions. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Makwala regains African 400m record with 43.72". IAAF. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Maduewesi, Christopher (8 July 2016). "Okon George defends 400m title at Nigerian Olympic Trials". Making of Champions. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Nigeria claims Mixed 4x400m Relay Bronze at Commonwealth Games - P.M. News". Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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