Blessing Okagbare
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About
Track and field star who has taken home gold medals in long jump and sprinting competitions at events like the Commonwealth Games and African Championships. She represented Nigeria at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Before Fame
She played soccer in high school and competed in her first international event at 2006.
Trivia
She set a Commonwealth Games record for the women's 100 metres with a time of 10.85 seconds.
Family Life
She got engaged to Nigerian soccer star Igho Otegheri in 2014 and they married later that year.
Associated With
She beat Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the London Anniversary Games in 2013.
