Reïna-Flor Okori
Reïna-Flor Okori (at left) at the 2013 Championships of France
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Equatoguinean, French |
| Ethnicity | Kombe (mainly), Bapuku, Igbo |
| Born |
May 2, 1980 Libreville, Gabon |
| Residence | Besançon, France |
| Height | 163 cm (64 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
Equatorial Guinea (2016) France (before 2016) |
| Event(s) | 100 m hurdles |
| Club | Doubs Sud Athlétisme |
| Coached by | Patricia Girard |
Reïna-Flor Okori Makendengue (born 2 May 1980) is a retired Equatoguinean hurdler. She also holds French citizenship. She represented France for most of her career. Some months before retiring, she switched allegiance back to Equatorial Guinea, but ultimately she couldn't represent the country due to an injury.
Okori was born in Libreville, Gabon after her parents fled Equatorial Guinea, due to the political persecution during the dictatorship of Francisco Macías Nguema. Her grandparents were Equatoguineans, each with different ethnic groups, except for her paternal grandfather (an Igbo man from Nigeria).
As a junior, she finished tenth in long jump at the 1996 World Junior Championships and won the 1999 European Junior Championships in 100 metres hurdles.
She finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She competed at the 2004 Olympics, the 2005 European Indoor Championships, the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships, without reaching the final.
At the 2008 Olympics, Okori reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres hurdles. She repeated this feat at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified in the semi-finals. She was the flag bearer of Equatorial Guinea at the 2016 Olympics, where she was going to represent the African country before finally retiring from athletics, but she was injured before her appearance in the women's 100 metres hurdles heat 6 and then she did not start.
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