Joice Maduaka
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 September 1973 London, England |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (9 st 13 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Great Britain
|
| Club | Woodford Green with Essex Ladies |
| Turned pro | 1997 |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking |
100 m: 18 (2003) 200 m: 16 (2003) |
| Personal best(s) |
100 m 11.23 200 m 22.83 |
| Updated on August 13, 2007. | |
Joice Maduaka (born 30 September 1973) is a British track and field athlete, who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 22 medals to date, including being the 100 m champion 6 times, and the 200 m champion a further 4 times.
As women's sprinting in Britain began to develop again, Maduaka was faced with domestic challenges from athletes such as Abi Oyepitan. In 2006 Maduaka was not selected for the Commonwealth Games, but instead ran in the World Indoor Athletics Championships. In late 2006, she burst back onto the scene, setting new personal bests.
She went on to represent Great Britain at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, finishing 4th in the final of the 100 m and finishing 2nd in the 4 x 100 m relay.
Maduaka became the British champion over 100 m and 200 m at the British Championships in 2006, beating her opposition by a considerable margin.
At the end of the year Maduaka was ranked as the fastest British athlete over 100 m and the second fastest over 200 m.
At the 2007 AAA Championships she failed to defend her 100 m crown, finishing third behind Jeanette Kwakye, and also had to pull out of the final of the 200 m, despite winning her heat very convincingly, due to illness. The 200 m was also won by Kwakye.
At the 2007 European Cup first division, Maduaka finished 2nd in the individual 100 m, 1st in the 200 m and anchored the British team home to first place in the relay, winning 23 points altogether, for her team. This is the most any British athlete has ever done for their country at these championships.
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