Reïna-Flor Okori

Reina-Flor Okori
Personal information
Born (1980-05-02) May 2, 1980
Gabon Libreville, Gabon
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country  France

Reina-Flor Okori (born 2 May 1980 in Libreville, Gabon) is a French hurdler of Equatoguinean and Nigerian origins.

Okori was born in Gabon after her parents fled Equatorial Guinea, due to the political persecution during the dictatorship of Francisco Macías Nguema. Her grandparents were Equatoguineans, each with different ethnic groups, except for her paternal grandfather (an Igbo man from Nigeria).[1]

As a junior she finished tenth in long jump at the 1996 World Junior Championships and won the 1999 European Junior Championships in 100 metres hurdles.

She finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She competed at the 2004 Olympics, the 2005 European Indoor Championships, the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships, without reaching the final.

At the 2008 Olympics, Okori reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres hurdles.[2] She repeated this feat at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified in the semi-finals.[3]

References

  1. ↑ (French)
  2. ↑ "Women's 100m Hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics". www.olympics.org. IOC. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Women's 100m Hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics". www.olympics.org. IOC. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
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