Ese Brume

Ese Brume
Ese Brume at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Born (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)
Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria
Years active2008–present.[1]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Coached byKayode Yaya
Hasan Maydon[3]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking3
Personal best7.17 m (Chula Vista 2021)[4]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Nigeria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Long jump
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene Long jump
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha Long jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade Long jump
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Long jump
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra Long jump
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2016 Durban Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2018 Asaba Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2024 Douala Long jump
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bambous Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2013 Bambous Triple jump
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bambous 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa Long jump
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa Triple jump
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Addis Ababa 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa 4×100 m relay

Ese Brume MON (born 20 January 1996) is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the long jump. She is the current commonwealth champion and a three-time African senior champion in the long Jump and holds a personal best of 7.17 m (23 ft 6+1⁄4 in)[4][5] She currently holds the commonwealth games record, African junior record and African record in the event.[6] She's a two-time medalist at the world athletics championship, an Olympic bronze medalist and also a five-time African junior champion in athletics.

She is also the only athlete to win three consecutive Long Jump titles at the African Championships in Athletics as well as the first African to win two Long Jump medals at the World Athletics Championships[7]

Brume was the long jump gold medalist at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships, 2014 Commonwealth Games,[8] 2014 African Senior Athletics Championships and 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships. She also represented Nigeria at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2014.

Brume represented Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games, where she placed 5th in the Long Jump final with a leap of 6.81m[9]

Brume won the bronze medal in the Long Jump event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, with a jump of 6.91 m and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with a jump of 6.97 m.[10]

In 2022, she became the first African woman in history to jump four legal marks over 7.00m[11][12]

  1. ^ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with ESE BRUME, Nigerian, African & Commonwealth Long Jump CHAMPION!. Retrieved on 25 April 2019
  2. ^ "Ese Brume - Player Profile - Athletics". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ EMU’s Olympic Athlete Becomes Double Turkish Champion. Retrieved on 25 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b "All hail Ese Brume, Africa's emerging Long Jump queen". Vanguard News. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Ese BRUME | Profile | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. ^ www.premiumtimesng.com https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/464768-new-african-record-still-feels-like-dream-to-me-ese-brume.html. Retrieved 28 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[title missing]
  7. ^ "Brume makes history as 1st African with two Long Jump medals at the World Championships". Making Of Champions. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  8. ^ Ese Brume. Glasgow2014. Retrieved on 3 August 2014.
  9. ^ IAAF – Olympic Long Jump Final. Retrieved on 18 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Ese Brume Wins Nigeria's First Medal". Channels Television. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Ese Brume- the Nigerian sure bet for an international medal". Making Of Champions. Christopher Maduewesi. 8 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Ese Brume wins gold for Nigeria with new Games Record". Premium times ng. Tunde Eludini. 7 August 2022.