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TOKYO 2020: Meet Ese Brume, Nigeria first medalist for Tokyo Olympics
Ese Brume is a Nigerian athlete born 20 January 1996 and specializes in the long jump. She is a three-time African senior champion in the Long Jump and holds a personal best of 7.17 m (23 ft 6
Ese Brume is a Nigerian athlete born 20 January 1996 and specializes in the long jump. She is a three-time African senior champion in the Long Jump and holds a personal best of 7.17 m (23 ft 6
Although Blessing Oborududu becomes the first Nigerian to be guaranteed of silver or gold medal, Ese Brume becomes the first and only Nigerian on the Olympic medal table.
More so, it is Nigeria’s first track and field medal at the Olympics since 2008 when Okagbare won a silver medal in Beijing.
Brume was born in Ughelli, Delta State; she first emerges at the national level at the 2012 Nigerian Athletics Championships with former junior athletes Dakolo Emmanuel and Fabian Edoki.
She placed sixth in the long jump, clearing over six meters. She also was the winner at the 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos.
The following year she set a personal best of 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) to place second nationally, behind Blessing Okagbare.
