Nichole Denby is American by
birth but her mom is part
Nigerian. She is on the
Nigerian track team that's
currently performing at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
in Glasgow.
Nichole used to run for the
USA team, but only recently
decided to start running for
Nigeria. The 31 year old
mother of one explained why
she switched.
"It's great honour to compete
for an African country where
my roots come from, and
there is no greater honour for
me than to do that. The USA
is saturated with athletes, they
have so many different
people, so they really don’t
need anyone else. There is no
great honour for me to
represent a country like this in
Africa, it really is an honour."
she said in a recent interview...
See more pics of her after the
cut...
Explaining her family ties with
Nigeria, Nichole said "It’s on
my mother’s side. I don’t even
know them, I never met them,
I have just seen pictures of
them and stuff so yeah, my
great-grandfather was actually
from Nigeria" she said
Nichole who is married with a
daughter has a record
finishing time of 12.54seconds.
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