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Esther Toko

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Esther Toko
Personal information
Native nameEsther Tamaraebi Toko
National teamNigeria
Born (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24)
Sport
SportRowing

Esther Tamaraebi Toko (born 28 March 2000) is a Nigerian rower. She won bronze and silver medals at the 2019 African Beach Games and she also qualified to row single sculls at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

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Toko competed in the 2015 World Rowing Championships and the 2019 African Games.[1] At the latter event, she competed in four events.[2] She then won a bronze and a silver medal at the African Beach Games in Cape Verde in 2019.[3]

Toko was then selected to be the first home-based rower to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] She qualified to compete in the single sculls after coming third in the B-final at the 2019 FISA African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunisia.[4] As of February 2020, she was one of thirteen Nigerian athletes who had qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo in eleven different sports.[5]

Toko trains at the National Institute for Sports in Lagos.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Aviron – Esther Tamaramiyebi Toko (Nigéria)". www.les-sports.info. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ "African Games (Rowing) Athlete Profile : TOKO Esther Tamaramiyebi". www.jar2019.ma. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "These Women Are Representing Nigeria in Water Sports at the 2020 Olympics". BellaNaija. 21 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. ^ Nduka, Dan-Ekeh (29 January 2020). "19-year Old, ESTHER TOKO TAMARAEBI Currently Preparing Hard For The Olympics". WotzupNG. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. ^ Monye, Alex (28 February 2020). "13 athletes qualify for Tokyo, ministry prunes events to 11". The Guardian Nigeria. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. ^ Ogunseye, Adebanjo (24 January 2020). "Tokyo 2020: Esther Toko Shaping up for debut Olympic Games Appearance". Latest Sports News In Nigeria. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.