Violet Odogwu

Violet Obiamaka Odogwu-Nwajei (an haife ta a ranar 15 ga watan Mayun, 1942)  tsohuwar 'yar wasan tsere ce ta Najeriya. Tsohuwar shugabar hukumar wasannin motsa jiki ta Najeriya ce kuma mataimakiyar shugabar kungiyar wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle ta Afirka. 

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An haifi Odogwu a Asaba, jihar Delta.  Ta fara karatu a garin kafin ta wuce Legas inda ta yi karatun sakandare.

A cikin shekarar 1950s, Violet da 'yar uwarta Juliet sun gudu zuwa Ƙungiyar Wasannin Ladies.  A cikin shekarar 1958, ta wakilci Najeriya a wasannin Commonwealth na 1958.  Ci gaban da ta yi a wurin taron ya ba ta lambar yabo ta 'Woman of the Year.  Bayan wasannin, ta ci gaba da karatunta tana daukar kwasa-kwasan karatun sakatariya. A shekarar 1963, ta koma fagen wasan guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle, inda ta wakilci Najeriya a gasar cin kofin Afirka na farko a tseren mita 80. 

Odogwu ta kasance memba na tawagar Najeriya a gasar Commonwealth ta 1966, Kingston. A wasannin Kingston, ta samu lambar tagulla ta tsalle ƙafa 20, 2-1/2 inci a wasan tsalle-tsalle don zama mace ta farko da ta samu lambar yabo ta Afirka a gasar Commonwealth. 

A shekarar 1968, ta zama kyaftin din tawagar ‘yan wasan Najeriya ta mata zuwa gasar Olympics a shekarar 1968. Ba ta ci lambar yabo ba amma ta kasance ƴar wasan karshe a cikin dogon tsalle  Ta kasance mai lambar tagulla a ƙaramin gasar Olympics, wanda aka gudanar shekara guda a baya don shirye-shiryen babban taron.

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Category:Haifaffun 1942