Prestina Ochonogor

Prestina Ochonogor
Personal information
NationalityNigerian
BornPrestina Oluchi Ochonogor
(2006-07-03) 3 July 2006
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsLong jump: 6.79m (Calabar, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Nigeria
2023 African Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 AccraLong jump
African U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 AbeokutaLong jump
African U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 NdolaLong jump

Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor (born 3 July 2006) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.[1]

Biography

Ochonogor was a silver medalist in the long jump at the 2023 African U18 Championships in Ndola, Zambia.[2] She was a bronze medalist aged 17 years-old in the long jump at the 2023 African Games in Accra, with a personal best 6.67 metres.[3][4][5]

Ochonogor won the CAA Region 2 Championship in Accra in June 2024.[6] Later that month, she became Nigerian national champion in the long jump, jumping 6.75 metres in Benin City.[7] She competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she placed twelfth overall.[8][9]

Ochonogor was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[10] In July 2025, she won the gold medal with a championship record 6.71m to break the previous best held by her compatriot Ese Brume at the African U20 Championships.[11] In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[12][13]

Ochonogor won the long jump at the 2026 Western Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in Spokane, also placing third in the 60 metres at the Championships, finishing behind Victoria Cameron and ahead of Lauren Roy in a Tarleton-sweep of the podium, to help Tarleton win the women's team competition for the first time.[14][15] She qualified for the long jump at the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing fifth overall.[16][17] That summer, she also qualified for the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[18] She competed for Nigeria at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Later at the Games, she also competed in the women's 4 × 100 m relay.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "African U18 Championships". World Athletics. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Dawn of a new era as African Games end". The Punch. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "African Games: Brume Jumps To Gold As Nigeria's Medals Swell". Daily Trust. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "13th All-Africa Games: Ese Brume holds her own". Sportsnewsafrica.com. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Home, Foreign-based Athletes Chase National Crown In Benin". Leadership. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Nigerian Championships". World Athletics. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Women's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "AFN lists 35 track-and-field athletes for Olympics". The Punch. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Fameso, Funmilayo (16 March 2025). "AFN names nine athletes for World Indoor Championships in Nanjing". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ochonogor soars championship record, Oratile secures gold medal treble in Abeokuta". World Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  13. ↑ Adebayo, Olusola (31 August 2025). "Amusan, Brumen, In as AFN Unveils 15-Man Squad for World Athletics Championships, Ofili Missing". Bluewin.ch. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Tarleton State Women's Track and Field wins first WAC Indoor Championship in program history". The Flash Today. March 1, 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Western Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 27 Feb 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "NCAA WOMEN'S FORMCHART". DyeStat.com. March 11, 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "NCAA Track And Field Championships 2026 Qualifiers". Flotrack. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
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