Chiamaka Okparaebo

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Olso, Norway
High School:
Wang HS
Prev School:
Wang HS

2014-15 (Sophomore)
INDOOR: Competed in seven meets in the triple jump and long jump ... Posted two personal-bests in the long jump (5.90m, 19'4.25") for a second-place finish at the ASU Invitational and 12.67m (41'7") in the triple jump at the Commodore Invitational for a third-place finish ... At the American Indoor Track and Field Championships, earned a top-10 finish in the triple jump with a leap of 12.21m, 40'0.75" (7th).

PRIOR TO MEMPHIS
Member of the Wang High School track and field team ... Competed for the BUL track and field club in Olso, Norway, for eight years ... Earned the 2013 Outstanding Athlete Award from the community of Oslo ... Set personal bests in Sweden in both the triple (13.12m) and long (5.77m) jumps.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Juliet Okparaebo and Theo Okparaebo ... Older sister, Ezinne, represented Norway in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games ... Birthday is February 26.