Peace Uko
Nigerian sprinter (born 1995)
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Peace Uko (born 26 December 1995) is a Nigerian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.[1] She won the 100 m at the 18th Nigerian National Sports Festival.[2]
She ran the first leg in the heats of the 4 × 100 m at the 2013 Moscow World Championships. The team was eventually disqualified for a baton drop between team mates, Patience Okon George and Stephanie Kalu.[3][4]
At her first outing at the Nigerian University Games in 2014, she won the 100 m.[5] She also won the 200 m finishing ahead of Patience Okon George.[6] This helped her university, University of Port Harcourt win the games for the fifth consecutive time.[7]
At the 2015 World Relays in Nassau, she ran the anchor leg in the 4 × 100 m for Nigeria who finished in seventh place.[8] in 2015, she also set a personal best of 11.27 s at the NTC Pure Athletics Sprints Elite Meet in Clermont, Florida, United States.[9] At the 2016 Nigerian Championships, she placed second in the 100 m behind Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, also finishing ahead of the defending champion, Gloria Asumnu.[10] Uko competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 4 x 100 m.[11]
