Patience Itanyi
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| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs West Virginia Mountaineers[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patience "Pat" Itanyi (born 2 July 1973) is a Nigerian athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career
[edit]Itanyi competed for both the Alabama A&M Bulldogs and West Virginia Mountaineers track and field teams in the NCAA.[3][1] She won the 1995 long jump at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships for West Virginia.[4]
Representing Nigeria, she won bronze medals in the long jump at the 1995 African Games and 4 × 100 m relay at the 1995 World University Games. In combined athletics events, she won the gold medal at the 1998 African Championships heptathlon and was runner-up at the 1999 African Games before winning bronze at the 2000 African Championships.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "All-Time WVU Olympians". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Patience Itanyi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Patience pays for A&M team". The Huntsville Times. 14 February 1994. p. 21. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ^ "NCAA Women's Outdoor Long Jump" (PDF). Track and Field News.
- ^ Patience Itanyi at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
External links
[edit]- Patience Itanyi at World Athletics
- Patience Itanyi at Olympics.com
- Patience Itanyi at Olympedia
- Patience Itanyi at InterSportStats
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