Ola Sesay

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Ola Sesay
Personal information
Born (1979-05-30) 30 May 1979 (age 45)
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
SportAthletics
Event Long jump

Ola Sesay (born 30 May 1979 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean long jumper. [1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the flag bearer of Sierra Leone during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. [2]

Sesay was an All-American jumper for the North Carolina Tar Heels track and field program, finishing 8th in the long jump at the 2001 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. [3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany27th (q) 6.23 m
2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India5th 6.30 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea32nd (q) 5.94 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom23rd (q) 6.22 m

References

  1. ↑ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Staff (27 July 2012). "London 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics . Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Long jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
2012 London 		Succeeded by


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