Esther Toko
Nigerian rower (born 2000)
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Esther Tamaraebi Toko (born 28 March 2000) is a Nigerian rower. She won bronze and silver medals at the 2019 African Beach Games and she also qualified to row single sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Esther Tamaraebi Toko |
| National team | Nigeria |
| Born | 28 March 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
Career
Toko competed in the 2015 World Rowing Championships and the 2019 African Games.[1] At the latter event, she competed in four events.[2] She then won a bronze and a silver medal at the African Beach Games in Cape Verde in 2019.[3]
Toko was then selected to be the first home-based rower to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] She qualified to compete in the single sculls after coming third in the B-final at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunisia.[4] As of February 2020, she was one of thirteen Nigerian athletes who had qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo in eleven different sports.[5]
Toko trains at the National Institute for Sports in Lagos.[6]