Prestina Ochonogor

Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor

Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor is a Nigerian long jumper who reached the Paris 2024 Olympic final, set African and Nigerian under-20 records of 6.79 metres, and won the 2025 African U20 title.

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About Prestina Ochonogor

Profile information current to 2026-08-18.

Nigeria · Long jumper, Track and field athlete · 1 affiliation

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Known for: Women's long jump; Nigerian athletics
Country: Nigeria

Long jumper
Track and field athlete

At a glance

She placed 12th in the women's long jump final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Her outdoor best of 6.79 metres is recognized as both an African U20 and Nigerian U20 record.
She won the 2025 African U20 title with a championship-record jump of 6.71 metres.
Competing for Tarleton State, she earned first-team All-America recognition during her 2024-25 freshman season.

International competition

Ochonogor won long jump bronze at the March 2024 African Games with a wind-assisted 6.67 metres. She later qualified for the Paris Olympic final with 6.65 metres and placed 12th in the final on 8 August 2024. In July 2025, she won the African U20 title in Abeokuta with a championship-record 6.71 metres.

Record and collegiate career

Her wind-legal outdoor best is 6.79 metres, set in Calabar on 30 April 2024 and recognized as an African U20 and Nigerian U20 record. At Tarleton State, she placed eighth at both the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships during her 2024-25 freshman season, earning first-team All-America recognition, and improved to fifth at the 2026 NCAA indoor championships.

Recent competition

In June 2026, Ochonogor won the women's long jump at Nigeria's Commonwealth Games trials with a wind-legal 6.57 metres. The latest available Tarleton State roster and March 2026 NCAA results continued to identify her as a Tarleton State athlete.

Affiliations

Tarleton State University Track and field athlete present

Timeline

2024-03 Won bronze in the women's long jump at the African Games in Accra with a wind-assisted 6.67 metres.
2024-04-30 Set a 6.79-metre long jump personal best recognized as an African U20 and Nigerian U20 record.
2024-08-08 Placed 12th in the women's long jump final at the Paris Olympic Games after qualifying with 6.65 metres.
2025-07 Won the African U20 women's long jump title in Abeokuta with 6.71 metres, breaking the championship record.
2026-03-13 Placed fifth in the women's long jump at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships with 6.44 metres.
2026-06 Won the women's long jump at Nigeria's Commonwealth Games trials with a wind-legal 6.57 metres.

Additional verified details

Current context

The latest available Tarleton State roster and March 2026 NCAA results identify Ochonogor as a Tarleton State athlete. Collegiate affiliations can change; this assessment relies on the 2025-26 roster and March 2026 competition results.
World Athletics displayed Ochonogor at No. 50 in the women's long jump world rankings. World rankings are dynamic and should be refreshed before publication.
Her latest identified Nigerian national-level result was a 6.57-metre victory at the June 2026 Commonwealth Games trials.

Biographical facts

She was born on 3 July 2006.
Her outdoor long jump best is 6.79 metres, set in Calabar on 30 April 2024 and designated by World Athletics as an African U20 and Nigerian U20 record.
In her 2024-25 freshman season at Tarleton State, she earned first-team All-America recognition after placing eighth at both the NCAA indoor and outdoor long jump championships.