Rufina Ubah

Rufina Ubah

Personal information
Born	(1959-04-04) 4 April 1959 Owerri, Nigeria
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Nigeria
Sport	Track and field
Events	100 m, 200 m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 11.22 (1990) 200 m: 23.36 (1980)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Nigeria African Championships 1985 Cairo 100 m 1985 Cairo 200 m 1979 Dakar 4×100 m 1985 Cairo 4×100 m 1992 Belle Vue Harel 4×100 m 1989 Lagos 100 m 1992 Belle Vue Harel 100 m All-Africa Games 1991 Cairo 100 m

Rufina Ubah (also spelled Uba; born 4 April 1959) is a former Nigerian sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres.

Ubah is from Owerri, Imo, Nigeria. She attended Egbu Girls Secondary School and later moved to Columbia, Missouri, where she competed for the Missouri Tigers track and field team.

Ubah finished fourth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, together with teammates Beatrice Utondu, Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali-Omagbemi.

On the individual level, Ubah won a bronze medal at the 1991 All-Africa Games.

International competitions

Representing Nigeria & Africa

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1980	Summer Olympics	Moscow, Soviet Union	20th (q)	100 m	11.60
			18th (q)	200 m	23.55
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	19th (q)	100 m	11.60
			28th (q)	200 m	24.72
1985	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	100 m	11.61
			1st	200 m	23.79
	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	8th	100 m	11.78
			14th (sf)	200 m	24.51
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.41
1989	African Championships	Lagos, Nigeria	3rd	100 m	11.47
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	22nd (q)	100 m	11.54
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.77
	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	3rd	100 m	11.43
1992	African Championships	Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius	3rd	100 m	11.42
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.21

External links

• Rufina Ubah at World Athletics
• Rufina Ubah at Olympedia
• Rufina Ubah at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Rufina Ubah at InterSportStats