Esther Toko

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

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

  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.