Princess Kara

Princess Kara (born 2000) is a Nigerian discus thrower. She won both the National Championships and the African Under 20 Championships in 2019. Her personal best is 50.07 m (164 ft 3+1⁄4 in).

Princess Kara
Personal information
Born (2000-06-02) 2 June 2000
EducationCentral Arizona College
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportDiscus throwing
Achievements and titles
Regional finals2019 African Under 20 Champion
Personal best(s)50.07 m (164 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
Medal record
African U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 AbidjanDiscus throw

Career

Kara participated in the 2016 National Youth Games and has also competed in the triple jump and shot put.[1]

Kara won gold in discus throwing at the 2018 National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abuja.[2] In 2019, she won both the national Under 20 Championships and the African Under 20 Championships, starting to challenge Chinwe Okoro and Chioma Onyekwere for the number one position in Nigeria.[1][3] At the Under 20 African Championships (held in Abidjan), she recorded a personal best of 50.04 m (164 ft 2 in), which beat her previous highest score by over five metres.[4] She then set a new personal best of 50.07 m (164 ft 3+1⁄4 in) at the qualifying trials for the 2019 All Africa Games, later coming fifth at the games with a throw of 49.85 m (163 ft 6+1⁄2 in). She also won the 2019 National Championships.[1]

She competed for Central Arizona College, where she won consecutive NJCAA Division I Outdoor discus titles in 2021 and 2022.[5][6]

References
  1. Princess Kara at World Athletics
  2. Modupe, Oremule (26 June 2019). "I'm aiming for World Championship standards in discus – Kara". NNN NEWS NIGERIA. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. Maduewesi, Christopher (29 December 2018). "Nigeria's 10 Breakout Athletes in 2018 (Part 1)". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. Ayodeji, Ayodeji (19 April 2019). "Princess Kara clocks PB to claim Discus Gold as Team Nigeria win five medals on Day 3 of CAA U18 & U20 Champs". Save Nigeria Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. Petruska, Ed (14 May 2021). "Discus Princess: CAC's Kara wins national title". Casa Grande Dispatch. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. Petruska, Ed (23 May 2022). "Kara has record breaking showing at nationals for CAC". Casa Grande Dispatch. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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