Courtney Okolo
Okolo in 2017
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1994-03-15) March 15, 1994 (age 29)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 4×400 m mixed
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Portland 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Birmingham 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Birmingham 4×400 m relay
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima 400 m
NACAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Toronto 4×400 m relay
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Medellín 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2013 Medellín 400 m

Courtney Okolo (born March 15, 1994) is an American track and field sprinter who usually competes in the 400 metres. She starred at Carrollton (Texas) Newman Smith High School where she won multiple individual state championships.

In college, she ran for the Texas Longhorns.[1] She was fourth in the 400 m at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and then the following year she completed an individual and relay double at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She set a collegiate record in the 400 m that year when winning the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in 50.03 seconds.[2] In April 2016, she broke her own collegiate record, running 49.71 seconds at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet. Okolo won consecutive titles in the women's 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships. In 2016 Okolo won 400m and 4 × 400 m relay titles in both the Indoor and 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships. After the season ended, she was awarded the Bowerman Award.[3] She also won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2016.[4][5]

Internationally she won both individual and relay events for the United States at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and the 2015 NACAC Championships in Athletics. More gold came in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships[6] and 2016 Olympic Games.[7]

Personal records

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2013 Pan American Junior Championships Medellín, Colombia 1st 400 m 52.19
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.48
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 400 m 51.57
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.39
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.38
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:19.06
2017 DécaNation Angers, France 1st 200 m 23.41
1st 400 m 51.96
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 400 m 50.55
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.85
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 4th 400 m 52.21
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.08
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.65
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd 400 m 51.22
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.46
World Championships Doha, Qatar 1st (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.96

National titles

References

  1. ^ "Texas sprinter Courtney Okolo honored by USTFCCCA". Hookem.com. February 9, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Courtney Okolo, Texas Sophomore, Sets New NCAA 400 Record of 50.03 at Big 12 Meet". LetsRun.com. May 19, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "Courtney Okolo Wins The Bowerman Award ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes". The Bowerman. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "Texas' Courtney Okolo Named Honda Award Winner For Track & Field ::: USTFCCCA". Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Okolo From the University of Texas Named the Honda Sport Award Winner for Track & Field". CWSA. June 16, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  6. ^ "American women's 4x400 team wins gold at 2016 World Indoor Championships". OregonLive.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  7. ^ Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Awards Preceded byJenna Prandini The Bowerman (women's winner) 2016 Succeeded byRaevyn Rogers
Olympic champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
World champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
World Indoor Champions in women's 400 metres
World Indoor Champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
World champions in mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
Pan American Champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
US National Championship winners in women's indoor 400-meter dash
2016 USA Olympic track and field team
The Bowerman (college track & field award)
Honda Sports Award
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