Violet Odogwu
| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Naijiria |
| Aha enyere | Violet |
| Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 15 Mee 1942 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Ȯra Delta |
| Ọrụ ọ na-arụ | long jumper, hurdler, high jumper, sprinter |
| ụdị egwuregwu | egwuregwu |
| so na | 1968 Summer Olympics, 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games |
Violet Obiamaka Odogwu-Nwajei (amụrụ na May 15, 1942)[1] bụbu onye Naịjirịa na-eme egwuregwu ọsọ na iwuli elu. Ọ bụ onye bụbu onye isi nke Athletic Federation of Nigeria na osote onye isi nke Confederation of African Athletics.[2]
Ndụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
A mụrụ Odogwu na Asaba, Delta State.[3] Ọ malitere agụmakwụkwọ na obodo ahụ tupu ọ kwaga Lagos ebe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị.
N’afọ ndị 1950, Violet na nwanne ya nwanyị bụ Juliet gbara ọsọ maka Sports Club.[4] Na 1958, ọ nọchitere anya Naịjirịa na 1958 Commonwealth Games.[5] Ọganihu ọ na-aga n'ihu na ihe egwuregwu mere ka ọ nweta onyinye nsọpụrụ nke 'Sports Woman of the Year'. Mgbe egwuregwu ahụ gasịrị, ọ gara n'ihu na ọmụmụ ya na-agụ akwụkwọ n'ihe ọmụmụ gbasara odeakwụkwọ. Na 1963, ọ laghachitere n'egwuregwu ma nọchitere anya Naịjirịa n'egwuregwu All-African Games nke mbụ na-ọsọ ihe mgbochi 80m.
Odogwu bụ onye otu ndị egwuregwu nọchitere Naịjirịa anya na 1966 Commonwealth Games nke emere na Kingston. Na egwuregwu ahụ, o nwetara ọla nchara mgbe ọ wuliri elu ruo ukwu iri abụọ, sentimita abụọ na ọkara iji bụrụ nwanyị mbụ merụrụ ọla ahụ n'Afrika na mmemme egwuregwu Commonwealth.[6]
N’afọ 1968, ọ duru ndị otu egwuregwu ụmụnwaanyị Naịjirịa n’egwuregwu Olimpik na 1968. O riteghi ọla ma ọ bụ onye nke ikpe-azu na egwuregwu nke iwuli elu.[7] Ọ bụ onye merụrụ ọla nchara na mmemme nke Little Olympics, emere otu afọ tupu mgbe ahụ maka nkwadebe maka isi mmemme ahụ.
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Isi mmalite[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- Amadiume, Ifi (2000). Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism: African Women Struggle for Culture, Power and Democracy.
- Ogunbiyi, Ogungbenjo (1978). The Development of Nigeria's Participation in International Sports Competition and Its Effects on the Nation (Thesis). Ohio State University.
- Oduyale, Amos (1979). TWENTY-FIVE YEARS HISTORY OF OLYMPIC MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA, 1951-1976 (Thesis). OPennsylvania Stale University.
- Ikhazuagbe, Duro. "Kalkaba, Odogwu Re-Elected to Lead African Athletics", 19 April 2011.
- "Profile of Violet Odogwu". Spear Magazine. Lagos: Daily Times. October 1967.