Violet Odogwu

Violet Odogwu
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Delta, 15 Mayu 1942 (81 shekaru)
ƙasa	Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a	long jumper (en) , hurdler (en) , high jumper (en) da dan tsere mai dogon zango
Athletics Records Specialty Criterion Data M Personal marks Specialty Place Data M
Mahalarcin 1968 Summer Olympics (en) 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (en) 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (en)
Nauyi	62 kg
Tsayi	165 cm

Violet Obiamaka Odogwu-Nwajei (an haife ta a ranar 15 ga watan Mayun, 1942) tsohuwar 'yar wasan tsere ce ta Najeriya. Tsohuwar shugabar hukumar wasannin motsa jiki ta Najeriya ce kuma mataimakiyar shugabar kungiyar wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle ta Afirka.

Rayuwa

An haifi Odogwu a Asaba, jihar Delta. Ta fara karatu a garin kafin ta wuce Legas inda ta yi karatun sakandare.

A cikin shekarar 1950s, Violet da 'yar uwarta Juliet sun gudu zuwa Ƙungiyar Wasannin Ladies. A cikin shekarar 1958, ta wakilci Najeriya a wasannin Commonwealth na 1958. Ci gaban da ta yi a wurin taron ya ba ta lambar yabo ta 'Woman of the Year. Bayan wasannin, ta ci gaba da karatunta tana daukar kwasa-kwasan karatun sakatariya. A shekarar 1963, ta koma fagen wasan guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle, inda ta wakilci Najeriya a gasar cin kofin Afirka na farko a tseren mita 80.

Odogwu ta kasance memba na tawagar Najeriya a gasar Commonwealth ta 1966, Kingston. A wasannin Kingston, ta samu lambar tagulla ta tsalle ƙafa 20, 2-1/2 inci a wasan tsalle-tsalle don zama mace ta farko da ta samu lambar yabo ta Afirka a gasar Commonwealth.

A shekarar 1968, ta zama kyaftin din tawagar ‘yan wasan Najeriya ta mata zuwa gasar Olympics a shekarar 1968. Ba ta ci lambar yabo ba amma ta kasance ƴar wasan karshe a cikin dogon tsalle Ta kasance mai lambar tagulla a ƙaramin gasar Olympics, wanda aka gudanar shekara guda a baya don shirye-shiryen babban taron.