Gina Akpe-Moses

Gina Akpe-Moses (born 25 February 1999 in Lagos, Nigeria) is an Irish athlete specialising as a sprinter. In 2017 she became the European junior champion over 100 metres, the first Irish woman to win a sprint gold medal at that level.[1]

Gina Akpe-Moses
Akpe-Moses at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999
Lagos, Nigeria
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres 200 metres
ClubSt. Gerald's AC
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ireland
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Tampere4x100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Grosseto100 m
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Tbilisi100 m
European U18 Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place2015 Tbilisi200 m

Career

Arriving at the age of three in Dundalk, Gina Akpe-Moses started athletics at age 11 in St Gerald's AC, then specialised in sprinting. In 2014, she moved to Birmingham to join an elite British club.

In 2015, a 16-year-old Akpe-Moses competed at the European Athletics Under-20 Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden coming in fourth place as part of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay team. That same year, she won joint-silver medal in the 200 metres at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

She earned a silver in the 100 metres run at the 2016 European U18 Championships in Tbilisi.

In 2017, Akpe-Moses took gold for the 100 m at the European U20 Championships held in Grosseto, Italy and again came fourth in the 4 x 100 metres relay.[2][3]

In 2018, she won silver as part of the women's 4 × 100 m Irish team at the World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, having also qualified for the final of the individual race.[4]

Personal bests

References
  1. Harris, Arlene (29 December 2017). "The Shape I'm In: Gina Akpe-Moses". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. O'Riordan, Ian (25 July 2017). "Gina Akpe-Moses: Tokyo the target for Irish sprinting's new guard". Irish Times.
  3. "European Athletics U20 Championships - Grosseto 2017". european-athletics.org. 23 July 2017.
  4. O'Riordan, Ian (14 July 2018). "Ireland women secure stunning 100m relay silver in Finland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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