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Ese Brume (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. She holds a personal best of and is the African junior record holder in the event. Brume was the gold medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She won three medals at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships and represented Nigeria at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2014. ==Career== Born in Ughelli, Delta State,〔(Ese Brume ). Glasgow2014. Retrieved on 2014-08-03.〕 Brume first emerged at national level at the 2012 Nigerian Athletics Championships. She placed sixth in the long jump, clearing over six metres. She also was the winner at the National Sports Festival.〔Akpodonor, Gowon (2014-08-01). ( Brume… A Junior Athlete With A Big Heart ). ''Nigerian Guardian''. Retrieved on 2014-08-03.〕 The following year she set a personal best of to place second nationally, behind Blessing Okagbare.〔(Ese Brume ). Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-08-03.〕 She was one of the most successful athletes at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships: she won the long jump title, took silver in the triple jump, and was part of Nigeria's winning 4×100 metres relay team. She also placed fourth individually in the 100 metres.〔(Complete Results Women ). MAA. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.〕 In May 2014 she ran a 100 m best of 11.84 seconds then followed this with a long jump best and new African junior record of to win at the Warri Relays.〔(Warri Relays CAA Grand Prix (Nigeria) 13/06/2014 ). Africathle. Retrieved on 2014-08-03.〕 She improved to at the Nigerian Championships to win her first national title.〔(Day 3 Results: 68th All Nigerian Athletics Championships Calabar 2014 ). Athletics Africa. Retrieved on 2014-08-03.〕 She was chosen for the discipline at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics but, having flown to Eugene, Oregon just a day before competing, she performed poorly and was bottom of the qualifying.〔(Viewing IAAF World Junior Championships > IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 > Long Jump - women ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-03.〕〔(World juniors fall-out: How athletics officials planned to fail ). ''Nigeria Vanguard'' (2014-08-02). Retrieved on 2014-08-03.〕 The Nigerian junior women relay team also did not fare well, being eliminated in qualifying. Just five days later, she represented Nigeria at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Blessing Okagbare opted to compete in the sprints so Brume was Nigeria's sole entrant for the event. The 18-year-old excelled in the Commonwealth Games long jump, clearing in the final to win the gold medal. Brume dedicated her victory to Emmanuel Uduaghan, Delta State's governor who invested in track and field infrastructure and support in the region. Okagbare, who won a Commonwealth sprint double, was also a product of the system and Brume stated that she was inspired by the older athlete's achievements.〔 As a result of her own medal feats, Brume was given an athletic scholarship to study in the United States, with local government support.〔(Delta To Secure US Scholarship For Ese Brume, Commonwealth Gold Medalist ). Sky Tend News (2014-08-03). Retrieved on 2014-08-03.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ese Brume」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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