Uche Eke

Uche Devon Eke (born 12 August 1997) is a Nigerian-American Gymnast.[1][2] He won Gold at the 2019 All-Africa Games in Morocco.[3][4][5] He became the first athlete to represent Nigeria in gymnastics at the Olympics after participating in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics artistic gymnastics event,[6][7] where he finished 36th overall.[8]

Uche Eke
Country representedNigeria
Born (1997-08-12) August 12, 1997
Maryland
Years on national teamNigeria
ClubFairland Gymnastics
College teamMichigan Wolverines men's gymnastics
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
2019 Rabat Pommel Horse
2019 Rabat Parallel Bars
African Championships
2021 CairoAll-Around

Education

Eke holds a master's degree in information science from the University of Michigan.[9]

References
  1. "Eke: Talented Gymnast Chooses Nigeria over USA". December 30, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  2. Eluduni, Tunde (October 13, 2019). "INTERVIEW: How I became Nigeria's most successful Gymnast – Uche Eke". premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  3. Johnny, Edward (September 7, 2019). "The stars, the flops of African Games". punchng.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  4. Eluduni, Tunde (August 29, 2019). "2019 African Games: Nigeria overtakes host Morocco on medals table". premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  5. "Eke hopes to write history at African Championships". May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  6. Hopkins, Lauren (May 28, 2021). "Eke Becomes First Nigerian Olympic Gymnast, Qualifies to Tokyo Alongside Egypt's Mohamed". Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  7. Pigliucci, Cai (July 27, 2021). "Uche Eke becomes first gymnast to compete for Nigeria at the Olympics". CNN. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021.
  8. Bajela, Ebenezer (July 28, 2021). "Plaudits for gymnast Eke after Olympics exit". The Punch. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021.
  9. Oyeleke, Sadik (July 22, 2021). "Uche Eke: Meet Nigeria's first Olympics gymnast". punchng.com. newsagency. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
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