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Place of Birth: Cross River State, Nigeria
About Patience Okon George
- Patience Okon George (born 25 November 1991) is a Nigerian sprinter.
- She competed in the 400 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China and also at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
- George is a two-time African Championships bronze medallist in the individual 400 metres event.
- She is also a three-time Nigerian national champion in the 400 metres.On 2 August 2014, she ran the first leg of the 4 × 400 m relay for the Nigerian team that came second behind the Jamaican quartet at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
- She also ran in the heats of the 4 × 100 m relay for Nigeria.Okon George won a bronze medal at the 2014 African Championships in Marrakesh, behind fellow Nigerian, Sade Abugan and Kabange Mupopo of Zambia.
- She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay with teammates Regina George, Ada Benjamin, and Sade Abugan.In 2015, Okon George set a new PB of 50.76s in the 400 m at the Resisprint meeting in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds.
- This was her first time under the 51s barrier.
- At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, she equalled her PB in the semi-finals of the women's 400 m after posting a time of 50.87 s to qualify third fastest in her heat.
- Later on in the year at the All Africa Games, she won a silver medal behind Kabange Mupopo in a new personal best of 50.71 s. She won her second individual African Championships bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Durban Championships.
- She placed third behind Mupopo and Margaret Wambui.
- She also anchored the Nigerian 4 × 400 m quartet (Omolara Omotosho, Regina George, Yinka Ajayi, Patience Okon George) to a silver medal on the last day of the championships.
- She also successfully defended her national title in 2016 and sealed her spot for the Rio Olympic Games.
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