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American track and field athlete
Barbara Udoezi Nwaba (born January 18, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who represents the Santa Barbara Track Club. Nwaba is known for the multi events, pentathlon and heptathlon . She is the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field champion in the heptathlon.
Early life and education [ edit ]
Nwaba was born January 18, 1989, in Los Angeles , California , to Nigerian parents Theodore & Blessing Nwaba. She is the oldest of 6 children. A 2007 graduate of University High School , Nwaba was the CIF Los Angeles City Section champion in the 300 meters hurdles in 2007[1] high jump to the CIF California State Meet , but was eliminated in the preliminary rounds.[2]
Nwaba attended the University of California, Santa Barbara on academic grounds, intending to study optometry,[3] redshirting a season, she set the school records in the 100 meters hurdles , 400 meters hurdles (since surpassed), and was part of the record setting 4x400 meters relay team (also since surpassed). In the process, she also ranked in the top ten in most of the heptathlon events.[4] [5]
Her brother, David Nwaba is a professional basketball player. He made his debut with the hometown Los Angeles Lakers on February 28, 2017.
Professional career [ edit ]
Continuing with the multi-event oriented Santa Barbara Track Club, Nwaba continued to make steady improvements with coach Josh Priester, himself a former UCSB track and field coach.[5] [6] 2012 Olympic Trials scoring 5986 points.[7] [8]
Nwaba was an assistant coach at Santa Barbara High School in the 2012–13 school year.[9]
At the 2014 Outdoor Championships she finished second to Sharon Day-Monroe in the heptathlon by 163 points, scoring 6307 points.[10]
Barbara Nwaba is the 2015 American Champion , edging Sharon Day-Monroe by 42 points, scoring exactly 6500 points. She finished second to Day-Monroe at the 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the pentathlon. Nwaba's total makes her the sixth-highest scoring heptathlon performer in United States history.[11]
At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics , Nwaba misstepped the very first hurdle and then fell over the second.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Barbara Nwaba is the 2016 American Pentathlon Champion and qualified to represent USA at 2016 World Indoor Championships in Athletics.[19] Brianne Theisen-Eaton and Alina Fyodorova in the Pentathlon at 2016 World Indoor Championships scoring 4661 points.[20]
Barbara Nwaba scored 6494 points in the Heptathlon to join Team USA teammates Heather Miller-Koch and Kendell Williams at 2016 United States Olympic Trials and represented USA at 2016 Summer Olympics [21]
References [ edit ]
^ "State Finals - 2007" .
^ "UC Santa Barbara" .
^ Women's records psbin.com Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ a b Burns, Ryan (August 5, 2016). "Former Gaucho Track Star Aims for the Podium at Debut Olympics" . Daily Nexus Santa Barbara, California . Retrieved August 5, 2016 .
^ Dvorak, John (August 2, 2014). "Priester taking new Santa Barbara Track Club to elite territory" . presidiosports.com . Retrieved April 12, 2016 .
^ 2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) Heptathlon results summary
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
^ "TRK: Feshbach a top-10 finisher in Arcadia heptathlon" . April 12, 2014.
^ 2014 Outdoor Championships
^ "Heptathlon - women - senior - outdoor" .
^ "YouTube video" . August 2015.[dead link
^ "santa barbara track club" . Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016 .
^ Barbara Nwaba personal account of 2015 World Championship
^ Barbara Nwaba personal account of 2015 World Championships photo Archived April 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ News of 2015 World Championships Archived January 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Heptathlon Results" (PDF) . aws.iaaf.org . Retrieved January 15, 2024 .
^ IAAF Athlete Profile Barbara Nwaba iaaf.org
^ "2016 Indoor Combined Events - 2/26/2016 to 2/27/2016 Fuhrer Field House Results - Indoor Pentathlon" (PDF) . www.usatf.org . usatf.org. February 28, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .
^ "IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS UNITED STATES PORTLAND (OREGON CONVENTION CENTER), OR, UNITED STATES 17 MAR 2016 - 20 MAR 2016" . www.usatf.org . iaaf.org. March 19, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .
^ "2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field" . usatf.org. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .
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2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
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Rose Monday (women's assistant coach)
Connie Price-Smith (women's head coach)
Cliff Rovelto (men's assistant coach)
Mario Sategna (men's assistant coach)
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