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]
 Akpe-Moses at the 2018 European Athletics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Born | 25 February 1999 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 100 metres 200 metres |
| Club | St. Gerald's AC |
Medal record | |
Career edit
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 edit
- 100 metres – 11.45 (+1.2 m/s, Oordegem, Lede 2019)
- 200 metres – 23.86 (+0.4 m/s, Mannheim 2018)
References edit
- ^ Harris, Arlene (29 December 2017). "The Shape I'm In: Gina Akpe-Moses". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (25 July 2017). "Gina Akpe-Moses: Tokyo the target for Irish sprinting's new guard". Irish Times.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships - Grosseto 2017". european-athletics.org. 23 July 2017.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (14 July 2018). "Ireland women secure stunning 100m relay silver in Finland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
