Jump For Gold: Olympic Talent Hunt for The Next Chioma Ajunwa start this May 2021 - For Girls in Athletics, Football and Taekwondo [How to Register]

 

Nigeria’s first and only individual gold medalist at the Olympic Games, Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, has launched a talent Hunt project to mark the 25th Anniversary of her great leap for gold in the Atlanta Olympics 1996

The Chioma Ajunwa-Opara Foundation is planning to embark on a massive talent hunt for girls in eight states in athletics, football and taekwondo to celebrate that golden 7.12m jump that gave Nigeria her very first ever gold medal at the Olympic Games.

Speaking at a press briefing to herald the several programmes to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the gold medal in Lagos on Tuesday, Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), reeled out three sports namely; athletics, football and taekwondo as the core area of focus for the foundation for now.

“The Olympic Talent Hunt is for girls between the age of 10 and 17 years in these three sports. I have not seen any ex-international in Nigeria thinking about having his or her sports facilities to enable upcoming athletes to benefit from them.

That is what is motivating me. I have to build a hostel at Meiran in Lagos with girls camp. We want to make the Chioma Ajunwa-Opara Foundation a reference point in Nigeria’s sports development,” she stressed with emphasis.

Ajunwa-Opara who is the only living ex international to play football (with the Super Falcons) up to the World Cup level (in 1991) and also win gold at the Olympic remains grateful to the police authorities for giving her all the support to achieve the highest levels in sports.

The Director General of the Chioma Ajunwa Foundation, Henry Amike, listed the venues where the talent hunts to take place to include; 

Lagos (May 11-13),

 Abia (May 18-19), 

Edo (May 28-30),

 Anambra (June 7-9), 

Enugu (June 16-18), 

Ebonyi (June 23-27) 

Imo, her place of birth, (July 6-8) 

and Abuja (August 16-18) 

To Register Call or WhatsApp Chioma Ajunwa Foundation +234803313535, +2348037145593

Office: 19b, Bush Street,Mende,Maryland, Lagos Nigeria.