Tochukwu Nnourge

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Tochukwu Nnourge
Born5 July 1995 (1995-07-05) (age 27)
NationalityNigerian
Occupationvolleyball player

Tochukwu Nnourge (born 15 July 1995) is a Nigerian volleyball player who plays in the Nigeria Customs team and the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. [1]

Contents

She is the captain of the Nigeria Customs Team. [2]

Life

Ikhiede was born in Asaba in 1995. [1]

Achievements

Ikhiede plays in Beach volleyball "b" team for the Nigeria women's national volleyball team. [3]

At the beginning of 2019 she was in Yaoundé in Cameroon where she and Francisca Ikhiede won the gold medal at the Camtel International Beach Volleyball Championship. [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]

She was part of the Nigeria Customs team that retained the 2021 President Beach Volleyball cup in Kaduna alongside her partner Francisca Ikhiede. [9]

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References

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  5. Rapheal (2019-07-31). "Nigeria to attend snow volleyball in Argentina". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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