Doreen Amata

Personal information
Born	6 May 1988 (1988-05-06) (age 36) Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Nigeria All-Africa Games 2007 Algiers High jump 2011 Maputo High jump 2015 Brazzaville High jump African Championships 2016 Durban High jump

Eyawomano Doreen Amata (born 6 May 1988 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria who specialises in the high jump event.^[1]

Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 2007 All-Africa Games.

Amata competed for Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but she did not qualify for the finals.^[2] She was the flag bearer for Nigeria during the closing ceremony.^[3]

Her personal bests in the event are 1.95 metres outdoors (Abuja 2008, Daegu 2011) and 1.93 metres (Banska Bystrica 2016).^[4][5]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	1.89 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	–	NM
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	16th (q)	1.89 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	27th (q)	1.85 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	7th	1.93 m
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	1st	1.80 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	4th	1.75 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	17th (q)	1.90 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	12th	1.88 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	2nd	1.85 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	9th	1.89 m
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	2nd	1.82 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	27th (q)	1.89 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	10th	1.80 m
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	5th	1.78 m

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Doreen Amata". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.

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