Orji joined Team USA teammate Andrea Geubelle as one of the two meeting 2016 Olympic Standard at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) and represented the at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and in the fifth round the pair were joined by Christina Epps who jumped the 2016 Olympic Standard to form a trio for Rio. Orji jumped (+0.0 m/s, Rio de Janeiro 2016) Video of record setting jump American Record since broken by Tori Franklin. At the 2016 Olympics, she triple jumped American record at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump to place fourth.