Doreen Amata

Eyawomano Doreen Amata (born 6 May 1988 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria who specialises in the high jump event.[1]

Doreen Amata
Personal information
Born6 May 1988 (1988-05-06) (age 35)
Lagos, Nigeria
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers High jump
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo High jump
Silver medal – second place2015 BrazzavilleHigh jump
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 DurbanHigh jump

Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 2007 All-Africa Games.

Amata competed for Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but she did not qualify for the finals.[2] She was the flag bearer for Nigeria during the closing ceremony.[3]

Her personal bests in the event are 1.95 metres outdoors (Abuja 2008, Daegu 2011) and 1.93 metres (Banska Bystrica 2016).[4][5]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Nigeria
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 1st 1.89 m
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – NM
Olympic Games Beijing, China 16th (q) 1.89 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 27th (q) 1.85 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 7th 1.93 m
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 1st 1.80 m
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 4th 1.75 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 17th (q) 1.90 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 12th 1.88 m
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 2nd 1.85 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 9th 1.89 m
African Championships Durban, South Africa 2nd 1.82 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 27th (q) 1.89 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 10th 1.80 m
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 5th 1.78 m

References
  1. Doreen Amata at World Athletics
  2. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. Omogbeja, Yomi. "Amata sets Nigerian indoor record in Banska Bystrica – AthleticsAfrica". www.athletics.africa. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. "Doreen AMATA". www.diamondleague.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.


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