Oluchi Okorie

Oluchi Okorie
Personal information
Born (1981-08-28) 28 August 1981 (age 43)
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Listed height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
CollegeTexas State Bobcats
PositionForward, center
Number7
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Nigeria
African Games (All-Africa Games)
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Team
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2005 Abuja
FIBA Africa Club Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 FIBA African women's club championship

Oluchi Mercy Okorie (born 28 August 1981 in Lagos) is a former Nigerian basketball player who played for First Bank B.C and the Nigerian national team. She represented Nigeria at the 2005, 2006 and 2007 FIBA Africa Championship.[1][2]

Sports career

From 20 December to 28 December, at the Indoor Sports Hall in Abuja, Nigeria hosted the FIBA Africa Championship for Women in 2005. At the event, Oluchi represented Nigeria and won a gold medal.[3]

At the 2006 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup in which she participated, Oluchi won a bronze medal.

References

  1. ^ "Oluchi Mercy Okorie profile, African Cup for Women's Champion Clubs 2006". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Oluchi Okorie Basketball Player Profile, MKS MOS Karkonosze Jelenia Gora, News, 2Liga, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.