Regina George
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| Citizenship | Nigerian and American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 17, 1991 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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 Nigeria
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay |
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400 m 50.84 200 m 23.22 Indoor 400 m 51.05 200 m 23.00 |
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Regina George (born 17 February 1991 in Chicago, United States) is an American-born Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the silver medallist at the African Championships in 2012.
Her father Phillips, is Nigerian, and moved to the US on an athletic scholarship. Her paternal grandfather was from Onitsha while her grandmother is from Rivers State, Nigeria. Her mother is former Venezuelan 400 m athlete, Florencia Chilberry. George's parents were both scholarship track and field athletes at Wichita State. George competed in Chicago Park District meets as a child and ran a mile in 6:13 when she was nine years old. She has one older sibling and three younger siblings.
In 2014, she and Inika McPherson announced on social media that they are in a relationship.
As a junior athlete, George represented the United States at the 2010 World Junior Championships. She placed seventh in the 400 m final. She later anchored the United States 4 × 400 m team to a gold medal ahead of the Nigerian team which placed second. At this championship meet, George expressed her desire to run for Nigeria to Nigerian coach, Gabriel Okon. She began to compete for Nigeria in 2012, ahead of the African Championships and London Olympics.
As a collegiate athlete for the University of Arkansas, George won six 4 × 400 m SEC titles, three indoor and three outdoor titles. She was also the SEC individual 400 m champion in 2012 and 2013. She anchored the Razorbacks to the NCAA 4 × 400 m outdoor title in 2013. She placed second behind Shaunae Miller in the 400 m final at the 2013 NCAA Division I Indoor championships in an indoor PB of 51.05s. This was her third time placing second at the indoor championships. She later helped the Razorback 4 × 400 m team to a second-place finish in the final. As at 2015, George remains tied with Ryan Tolbert as the highest scoring 400 m athlete who never won an NCAA indoor title.
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