Blessing Okagbare
- Born
- Oct 9, 1988 (38 years old)
- Birthplace
- Sapele, Nigeria
- Events
- 100 m · Long Jump
- Height
- 1.80 m
- Weight
- 60 kg
Blessing Oghnewresem Okagbare-Otegheri, née Okagbare, (9 October 1988) is a former Nigerian track and field athlete who specialized in long jump and sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medallist in the long jump and a world medalist in the 200 metres. Okagbare also holds the women's 100 metres Commonwealth Games record at 10.85 seconds.
Her 100 m best of 10.79 made her the African record holder for the event until it was eclipsed by Murielle Ahouré in 2016. On June 17, 2021, Okagbare ran a wind-aided 10.63 100 m. She was the African record holder over the 200 m with a time of 22.04 seconds in 2018, thus making her the second-fastest African female athlete over the distance behind Christine Mboma, who ran an African record of 21.78 s in 2021.
Okagbare was the African 100 m and long jump champion in 2010. She has also won medals at the All-Africa Games, IAAF Continental Cup and World Relays. In 2022 Okagbare was issued with an eleven-year competition ban backdated to July 2021 for multiple anti-doping rule violations.
As of Oct 28, 2026: 100 m 10.72 (#26 all-time), Long Jump 7.00 (#75 all-time), 2021 season best 10.90 (May 28, 2021, Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT)) · Last competition: The XXXII Olympic Games, Jul 30, 2021, DQ · Olympic Games: 1 silver · World Championships: 1 silver, 1 bronze · Area record (4x200 Metres Relay Short Track) · 38 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →* Wind-assisted (> 2.0 m/s)
Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| World Championships | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60m Indoor | 7.10 | – | Feb 7, 2021 | American Track League 3 |
| 2021 | 100m | 10.90 | +1.1 | May 28, 2021 | Diamond League Meeting, Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha - National Events |
| 2021 | 200m | 22.03 | +2.5 | Apr 29, 2021 | University of North Florda Jax Track at Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville, FL (USA) |
| 2021 | 200m-short-track Indoor | 23.01 | – | Feb 7, 2021 | American Track League 3 |
| 2021 | 400m | 53.21 | – | Mar 27, 2021 | Ansin Sports Complex, Miramar, FL (USA) |
| 2021 | 4x400m | 3:37.40 | – | Apr 17, 2021 | Percy Beard Track, Gainesville, FL (USA) |
| 2019 | 100m | 11.04 | +0.7 | Jul 21, 2019 | Müller Anniversary Games, Olympic Stadium, London - Diamond Discipline |
| 2019 | 200m | 22.05 | +1.9 | Jun 30, 2019 | Prefontaine Classic, Cobb Track and Angell Field, Palo Alto, CA - Diamond Discipline |