Patience Okon George (born 25 November 1991) is a Nigerian sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, ChinaHeats results and also at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. George is a two-time African Championships bronze medallist in the individual 400 metres event. She is also a three-time Nigerian national champion in the 400 metres.
Career On 2 August 2014, she ran the first leg of the 4 × 400 m relay for the Nigerian team that came second behind the Jamaican quartet at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She also ran in the heats of the 4 × 100 m relay for Nigeria.
Okon George won a bronze medal at the 2014 African Championships in Marrakesh, behind fellow Nigerian, Sade Abugan and Kabange Mupopo of Zambia. She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay with teammates Regina George, Ada Benjamin, and Sade Abugan.
In 2015, Okon George set a new PB of 50.76s in the 400 m at the Resisprint meeting in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds. This was her first time under the 51s barrier. At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, she equalled her PB in the semi-finals of the women's 400 m after posting a time of 50.87 s to qualify third fastest in her heat. Later on, in the year at the All Africa Games, she won a silver medal behind Kabange Mupopo in a new personal best of 50.71 s.
She won her second individual African Championships bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Durban Championships. She placed third behind Mupopo and Margaret Wambui. She also anchored the Nigerian 4 × 400 m quartet (Omolara Omotosho, Regina George, Yinka Ajayi, Patience Okon George) to a silver medal on the last day of the championships. She successfully defended her national title in 2016 and sealed her spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2019, George won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. In 2026, she was part of the quartet that won the bronze medal in the mixed 4×400m relay at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
International competitions Representing 2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia –4 × 100 m relayDQ6th4 × 400 m relay3:27.572014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland5th4 × 400 m relay3:31.59World RelaysNassau, Bahamas7th4 × 200 m relay1:33.713rd4 × 400 m relay3:23.41Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom4th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.132nd4 × 400 m relay3:24.71African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco3rd400 m51.681st4 × 400 m relay3:28.87Continental CupMarrakesh, Morocco3rd4 × 400 m relay3:25.5112015World RelaysNassau, Bahamas10th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:32.16World ChampionshipsBeijing, China9th (sf)400 m50.765th4 × 400 m relay3:25.11African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo2nd400 m50.711st4 × 400 m relay3:27.122016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa3rd400 m52.332nd4 × 400 m relay3:29.94Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil23rd (sf)400 m52.522017World RelaysNassau, Bahamas5th4 × 200 m relay1:33.087th4 × 400 m relay3:32.94World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom21st (sf)400 m52.605th4 × 400 m relay3:26.722018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia –400 mDQ2nd4 × 400 m relay3:25.29African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria5th400 m52.343rd4 × 400 m relay3:31.172019World RelaysYokohama, Japan17th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.0718th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:32.10African GamesRabat, Morocco5th400 m52.181st4 × 400 m relay3:30.32World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar17th (sf)400 m51.8915th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:35.902021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan30th (h)400 m52.4112th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.252022African ChampionshipsPort Louis, Mauritius5th400 m52.983rd4 × 400 m relay3:36.242023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary –4 × 400 m relayDQ2024African GamesAccra, Ghana1st4 × 400 m relay3:27.29African ChampionshipsDouala, Cameroon1st4 × 400 m relay3:27.312025Islamic Solidarity GamesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia2nd400 m51.931stMixed 4 × 400 m relay3:16.272026Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom14th (sf)400 m53.21 1Representing Africa
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