Mercy Nku

{{short description|Nigerian sprinter}}

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{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}

File:Mercy Nku 2000.jpg

Mercy Akpanchang Nku Esimoneze (born 17 July 1976 in Boki[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nk/mercy-nku-1.html Sports-Reference profile]) is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{NGR}}
rowspan=3|1994

|rowspan=3|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=3|Lisbon, Portugal

|12th (sf)

|100m

|11.77 (wind: +0.8 m/s)

35th (h)

|200m

|24.97 (wind: +1.0 m/s)

14th (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:49.16

rowspan=2|1999

|World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|8th

|100 m

|11.16

All-Africa Games

|Johannesburg, South Africa

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|100 m

|11.03 PB CR

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|align="center" | 7th

|4 × 100 m relay

|44.05

rowspan=2|2001

|World Indoor Championships

|Lisbon, Portugal

|align="center" | 5th

|60 m

|7.15

World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|align="center" | 6th

|100 m

|11.17

rowspan=2|2004

|Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|align="center" | 7th

|4 × 100 m relay

|43.42

African Championships

|Brazzaville, Congo

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|100 m

|11.36

2005

|World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|align="center" | 7th

|4 × 100 m relay

|43.25

=Personal bests=

References

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