Doreen Amata
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Eyawomano Doreen Amata (born 6 May 1988 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria who specialises in the high jump event.[1]
Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 2007 All-Africa Games.
Amata competed for Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but she did not qualify for the finals.[2] She was the flag bearer for Nigeria during the closing ceremony.[3]
Her personal bests in the event are 1.95 metres outdoors (Abuja 2008, Daegu 2011) and 1.93 metres (Banska Bystrica 2016).[4][5]
Competition record
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| 2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 1.89 m |
| 2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | – | NM |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 16th (q) | 1.89 m | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 27th (q) | 1.85 m |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 7th | 1.93 m |
| All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 1st | 1.80 m | |
| 2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 4th | 1.75 m |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 17th (q) | 1.90 m | |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 12th | 1.88 m |
| African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 2nd | 1.85 m | |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 9th | 1.89 m |
| African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 2nd | 1.82 m | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 27th (q) | 1.89 m | |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 10th | 1.80 m |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 5th | 1.78 m |
References
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External links
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Lagos
- Nigerian female high jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games silver medalists for Nigeria
- African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games athletes for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Nigeria