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Ese Brume

Ese Brume MON (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the long jump. She is the current commonwealth champion and a three-time African senior champion in the long Jump and holds a personal best of 7.17 m (23 ft 6+1⁄4 in)[4][5] She currently holds the commonwealth games record, African junior record and African record in the event.[6] She's a two-time medalist at the world athletics championship, an Olympic bronze medalist and also a five-time African junior champion in athletics.

Ese Brume
Ese Brume at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Born (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)
Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria
Years active2008–present.[1]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Coached byKayode Yaya
Hasan Maydon[3]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking3
Personal best7.17 m (Chula Vista 2021)[4]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Nigeria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Long jump
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene Long jump
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha Long jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade Long jump
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Long jump
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra Long jump
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2016 Durban Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2018 Asaba Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2024 Douala Long jump
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bambous Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2013 Bambous Triple jump
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bambous 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa Triple jump
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Addis Ababa 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa 4×100 m relay

She is also the only athlete to win three consecutive Long Jump titles at the African Championships in Athletics as well as the first African to win two Long Jump medals at the World Athletics Championships[7]

Brume was the long jump gold medalist at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships, 2014 Commonwealth Games,[8] 2014 African Senior Athletics Championships and 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships. She also represented Nigeria at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2014.

Brume represented Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games, where she placed 5th in the Long Jump final with a leap of 6.81m[9]

Brume won the bronze medal in the Long Jump event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, with a jump of 6.91 m and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with a jump of 6.97 m.[10]

In 2022, she became the first African woman in history to jump four legal marks over 7.00m[11][12]

Career

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Born in Ughelli, Delta State, Brume first emerged at the national level at the 2012 Nigerian Athletics Championships with former junior athletes Dakolo Emmanuel and Fabian Edoki. She placed sixth in the long jump, clearing over six meters. She also won the 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos.[13] The following year she set a personal best of 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) to place second nationally, behind Blessing Okagbare.[14] 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 meters relay team. She also placed fourth individually in the 100 meters.[15] Brume successfully defended her long jump title at the next edition of the African Junior Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa. This time, she was even more successful as she added the triple jump and 4 x 100 m relay title, and a bronze medal in the individual 100 meters to her collection.[16]

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 6.60 m (21 ft 7+3⁄4 in) to win at the Warri Relays.[17] She improved to 6.68 m (21 ft 10+3⁄4 in) at the Nigerian Championships to win her first national title.[18] 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.[19][20] The Nigerian junior women's 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 6.56 m (21 ft 6+1⁄4 in) in the final to win the gold medal.[21] 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.[13] As a result of her own medal feats, Brume was given an athletic scholarship to study in the United States, with local government support.[22]

2016

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Having already secured the qualification standard for the Rio Olympics with her personal record jump in June 2016 at the Akure Golden League,[23] Brume headed to Durban for the African Athletics Championships as the African leader in her event. She successfully defended her title from the previous championships.

Brume qualified for the Rio Olympics long jump final as the third-best athlete in her pool.[24] This placed her in sixth position going into the final of the event. She eventually ended the competition in fifth place, leaping a distance of 6.81 meters which was just 2 centimeters shy of her personal record, which she had set earlier in the year.[25]

2018

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Brume became a double Turkish Universities champion at the Turkey Koç Fest Universities Sports Games, representing her university, Eastern Mediterranean University.[3] She set a meeting record, and African lead of 6.82 m at the first leg of the 2018 World Challenge series in Kingston, Jamaica.[26] This mark remained the best jump by an African athlete until the 2018 African Championships in Athletics in Asaba. There, she increased her African lean by a centimeter to win her third consecutive African senior title. She then represented Africa at the Ostrava Continental Cup, where she placed fourth. 2018 also saw Brume defend her title at the 19th Nigerian National Sports Festival in Abuja, in a new festival record of 6.62 meters.[27]

2019

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Brume was shortlisted as a nominee in the StarQt Award in the Africa Sportswoman of the Year category.[28] She was the only Nigerian athlete nominated in any category. The event was held in October in Johannesburg.

She became the African Games champion in the Long Jump on 29 August 2019.[29] This was her first African games title. On 24 July 2019, in Erzurum, she improved her personal best to 6.96m despite a very strong headwind (−2.1 m/s).[5] At the Turkish championships in Bursa on 4 August, she broke the 7-meter barrier for the first time in her career surpassing that mark twice in the competition. Her jump of 7.05 m (+ 0.9 m/s) was the second-best African performance in history. On 6 October, she won the bronze medal in the World Championships with a jump of 6.91m. Her medal was Nigeria's only medal at the competition and a first since 2013.[30]

2021

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She broke the African Record in the long jump set by Chioma Ajunwa.[31]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the long jump event. Her medal was Nigeria's only medal in Athletics at the event and the first Athletics medal at the Olympics since 2008.[32]

2022

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At the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, she won a silver medal in the long jump event, Nigeria's only medal in the competition. She also won another silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, becoming the first African to win two Long Jump medals at the World Athletics Championships[7] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won gold at the women long jump event and also broke the game record in the event with her 7.00m jump. She holds the new game record after breaking the record of Australia's Bronwyn Thompson, who previously held the record with her 6.97m jump.[33][34]

Personal life

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In 2021, her younger brother Godson Okeoghene Brume broke the African u-18 100-meter record with 10.13 s.

National titles

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  • Long Jump: 2014, 2016, 2017

Personal bests

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International competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
2013 African Junior Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st 4 × 100 m relay 46.28
1st Long jump 6.33 m (w)
2nd Triple jump 12.52 m (w)
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.93
33rd (q) Long jump 5.18 m (wind: -0.3 m/s)
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st Long jump 6.56 m
2015 African Junior Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3rd 100 m 11.86
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.83
1st Long jump 6.33 m
1st Triple jump 13.16 m
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 4th Long jump 6.23 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th Long jump 6.81 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 17th (q) Long jump 6.38 m
2018 African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 1st Long jump 6.83 m
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 1st Long jump 6.69 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd Long jump 6.91 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd Long jump 6.97 m
12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.25
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd Long jump 6.85 m
World Championships Oregon, USA 2nd Long jump 7.02 m
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st Long jump 7.00 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th Long jump 6.84 m
2024 African Games Accra, Ghana 1st Long jump 6.92 m (w)
African Championships Douala, Cameroon 1st Long jump 6.73 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 5th Long jump 6.70 m

Alma Matar [35] She attended Delta State University

References

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