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5 Things To Know About Chierika Ukogu: The First Nigerian Rower At The Olympics by CertifiedNaija(m): 2:55pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
Chierika Ukogu made history as the first Nigerian athlete to compete for the Rowing event at the Olympic games. The American born Nigerian professional rower has gone further to make Nigeria proud by qualifying for the semi finals at this year’s games in Rio. Which is why CertifiedNaija has brought to you 5 things you need to know about the impressive lady: She was born in USA The professional rower was born in Pennsylvania, USA after her parents migrated from Nigeria. She was born on October 2, 1992 making her 23 years of age. She is a graduate of Stanford University Chierika Ukogu’s alma mater is Stanford University, USA where she studied pre-med and rowed for Stanford’s women’s crew team till her graduation in 2014. She plans to continue school after the Olympics Chierika put her dreams of going to medical school on hold. However, she plans to continue her studies in medicine as Ukogu is scheduled to fly back to USA just two days after racing. She is to begin medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City. She single-handedly created Nigeria's RowingTeam Due to a lack of infrastructure, Chierika not only had to be selected for the team for Rio 2016 but also had to fund herself. She started a gofundme campaign in 2015 and successfully raised over $12, 000 to get herself equipped and transported to Rio, Brazil. Her Nickname is Coco She is fondly known to many by the nickname Coco by teammates, family and friends. http://www.certifiednaija.com/2016/08/5-things-to-know-about-chierika-ukogu.html 1 Share
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Re: 5 Things To Know About Chierika Ukogu: The First Nigerian Rower At The Olympics by ClassCaptain(m): 3:06pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
A beautiful and hardworking lady from the industrious and hardworking igbo tribe.. God bless Igbos... Go get that gold girl |
Re: 5 Things To Know About Chierika Ukogu: The First Nigerian Rower At The Olympics by CertifiedNaija(m): 3:34pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
ClassCaptain: God bless evrybody man... |
Re: 5 Things To Know About Chierika Ukogu: The First Nigerian Rower At The Olympics by maeximilano(m): 4:01pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
Push to FP
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Re: 5 Things To Know About Chierika Ukogu: The First Nigerian Rower At The Olympics by lative(m): 4:11pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
she should be celebrated,she is really a patriot |
Re: 5 Things To Know About Chierika Ukogu: The First Nigerian Rower At The Olympics by Nobody: 4:55pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
A perfect example of developing oneself.My Hero |
Re: 5 Things To Know About Chierika Ukogu: The First Nigerian Rower At The Olympics by badassProdigy(m): 5:03pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
go girl |
Re: 5 Things To Know About Chierika Ukogu: The First Nigerian Rower At The Olympics by slim75d(m): 9:48pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
this is why we say no to "BIAFRA" we need u ppl to make nigeria our nation great |
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