Ifeoma Ozoeze
Italian heptathlete
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | (1971-08-13) August 13, 1971 (age 53) Brixen, Italy |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Italy |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Women's heptathlon |
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best |
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Ifeoma Ozoeze (born 13 August 1971) is an Italian former heptathlete.
Career
She finished fifteenth at the 1991 World Championships and eighth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships.[1] In 1995, Ozoeze won a scholarship to University of California, Berkeley: she won the Pac-10 Conference the same year.[2]
Personal life
Ozoeze's father is a Nigerian gynecologist,[3] her Italian mother Silvana Collodo was the president of the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of Padua.[4]
Ozoeze was arrested in 2008 for extortion, and was placed in the women's prison of Venice.[3] During her time in prison, she published a book titled "Perché".[3]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Italy | |||||
1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | — | Heptathlon | DNF |
1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | — | Heptathlon | DNF |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | Heptathlon | 6056 pt |
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 8th | Pentathlon | 4137 pt |
National titles
Ifeoma Ozoeze has won one time the individual national championship.[5]
- 1 win in Eptathlon (1990)
See also
Bibliography
- Ozoeze, Ifeoma (2016). Perché (in Italian). Masso delle Fate. ISBN 978-8860393722.
References
- ^ 1992 European Indoor Championships - women's heptathlon - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ "Track Squads Travel To Pac-10 Multi-Event Championships, Modesto Relays". California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ a b c Andrea Benatti (1 May 2017). "Ricordate il prodigio Ifeoma Ozoeze? Dal carcere il tentativo di rinascita: la sua storia". Queen Atletica (in Italian). Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Arrestata Ifeoma, ex stella dell'atletica - il mattino di Padova". Archivio - il mattino di Padova (in Italian). Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
External links
- Ifeoma Ozoeze at World Athletics
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