Rosemary Chukwuma
Rosemary Chukwuma is a Nigerian sprinter. She won a bronze medal in the Athletics at the [2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay| metres relay] at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as a gold medal in the 2019 African Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay| metres relay] at the Athletics at the 2019 [African Games|2019 African Games]. In 2018, she won a gold medal in the Athletics at the [2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 100 metres|100 metres] at the Summer Youth Olympics, clocking 11.17 seconds.
Career
Rosemary Chukwuma gained her first international experience at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia where she won a bronze medal behind the teams from England and Jamaica with the Nigerian Athletics at the 2018 [Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay| relay] team in 42.75 seconds. In the summer she won a gold medal with the 2018 [African Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay| relay] team at the 2018 [African Championships in Athletics|2018 African Championships] in Asaba but did not start over the 200 m event. Earlier, she won double gold at the 2018 African Youth Games in Algiers over 100 m and 200 m and thus qualified for the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, where she won the Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 100 metres|100 m gold medal].In 2019, she won triple gold at the Junior African Championships in Abidjan with 11.62 seconds and 23.81 seconds finishes over 100 m and 200 m respectively, and in 45.56 seconds with the Nigerian relay team. In early May, she ran in the relay for Nigeria at the IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|IAAF World Relays] in Yokohama with 45.07 seconds in the first round. Then she took part in the African Games for the first time in Rabat and reached the final of the 200 m, where she did not start. She also won gold with the Nigerian relay team in 44.16 seconds.