Amarachi Uchechukwu

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Amarachi Uchechukwu
Born2 February 2001 (2001-02-02) (age 22)
NationalityNigerian
Occupationvolleyball player

Amarachi Uchechukwu (born 2 February 2001) is a Nigerian volleyball player who plays in the Nigeria Customs team and the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. [1]

Achievements

Amarachi plays in Beach volleyball "b" team for the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. [2]

She was part of the team that was selected for the 2019 CAVB U21 Beach cup zonal qualifiers in Accra, Ghana. [3]

She was also part of the team to feature in the 2019 World Championship in Doha. [4]

She was part of the team that represented Africa at the 2019 FIVB Snow Volleyball World Tour in Bariloche, Rio Negro Argentina. [5] She alongside her teammates beat the Host Argentina in their opening game 2-1 (13-15, 15–11, 15–11). [6]

She was part of the team that represented Nigeria at the 2019 maiden edition of the World Beach Volleyball Championship in Hamburg, Germany. [7]

The Nigerian team were runners up when Kenya qualified for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics. [8]

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References

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