Ama Pipi
{{Short description|British sprinter (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
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| name = Ama Pipi
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| image = 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, 200m women final6 15-07-2017.jpg
| caption = Ama Pipi in 2017
| nationality = British
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400 metres
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|11|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
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| collegeteam=Oklahoma Sooners
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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry |{{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Eugene|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Budapest|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Munich|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Toruń|4×400 m relay}}
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Amarachi "Ama" Pipi (born 26 November 1995) is a British track and field athlete who specializes in sprinting. In 2020, Pipi became the British indoor champion in the 200-meter race. She competed in the women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.{{Cite web |url=https://liveresults.european-athletics.com/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C74A_ATHW400M--------------RND1--------.pdf |title=Heats results |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305150933/https://liveresults.european-athletics.com/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C74A_ATHW400M--------------RND1--------.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Athletics career
=Club=
She joined the Enfield & Haringey Athletics Club in 2007{{Cite web|title=Athlete Profile|url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=47196|access-date=24 March 2021|website=www.thepowerof10.info}} at the age of 14. She has been coached by Linford Christie since 2019.
=College=
Pipi attended University of Oklahoma from 2015 to 2018{{Cite web|title=Ama Pipi – 2017–18 – Track and Field|url=https://soonersports.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/ama-pipi/2042|access-date=24 March 2021|website=University of Oklahoma|language=en}} where she studied sociology{{Cite web|title=Ama Pipi: Turning Goals into Reality|url=https://soonersports.com/news/2017/3/7/211515967.aspx|access-date=24 March 2021|website=University of Oklahoma|language=en}} and competed as an NCAA sprinter on the Sooner Track and Field team. During this time she competed in both indoor and outdoor sprinting events. Among other accolades, she was selected as an NCAA Indoor First Team All-American in 2018, qualified for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championship, became the first woman in Sooner school history to win the 200-meter title in the Big 12 and is the school record holder for indoor 400m sprint.
=Professional=
Pipi gained her first international experience at the Junior World Championships in 2014 as a member of Great Britain's Women's 4 x 100 meter team. In 2017, she finished fifth in the 200-meter run at the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz. In 2020, Pipi became British indoor champion in the 200-meter race. In 2021 she reached the semifinals at the European Indoor Championships in Toruń in the 400-meter run and won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay.
At the 2022 European Championships, She was part of British 4 x 400 quartet that ran the second fastest time ever (3:21.74) by a British women's team.{{Cite web | url = https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/hodgkinson-and-mens-4x400m-relay-storm-to-golden-glory-at-euros/ | title = HODGKINSON AND MEN'S 4X400M RELAY STORM TO GOLDEN GLORY AT EUROS | publisher = British Athletics | date = 20 August 2022 | access-date = 20 August 2022 }}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{British Athletics}}
- {{Power of 10}}
- {{Team GB}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Instagram}}
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Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Olympic female sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Oklahoma Sooners women's track and field athletes
Category:People from Enfield, London
Category:Athletes from the London Borough of Enfield
Category:European Games competitors for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:English female sprinters
Category:British female sprinters
Category:Black British sportswomen
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States