Rosemary Chukwuma

Rosemary Chukwuma is a Nigerian sprinter who competes in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay. Her career includes a Youth Olympic 100m title, collegiate success in the United States and an appearance in the women's 100m semifinals at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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About Rosemary Chukwuma

Profile information current to 2026-08-18.

Nigeria · Sprinter · 1 affiliation

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Known for: 100 metres sprinting; 200 metres sprinting; 4x100 metres relay
Country: Nigeria

Sprinter

At a glance

She won the girls' 100m title at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Her collegiate record includes 2021 NJCAA outdoor titles in the 100m and 200m and NCAA Outdoor First Team All-America honors in the 100m in 2022 and 2023.
She reached the women's 100m semifinals at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
She won silver in the women's 100m at the 2026 African Athletics Championships in Accra.

Sprint background

Born on 5 December 2001, Chukwuma is a Nigerian athlete whose events include the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. Texas Tech's athletics biography lists her hometown as Ebonyi, Nigeria.

Early and collegiate success

Chukwuma won the girls' 100m at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics before building a successful collegiate record in the United States. Texas Tech credits her with NJCAA Division I outdoor titles in the 100m and 200m in 2021, the Big 12 indoor 60m title in 2022 and NCAA Outdoor First Team All-America honors in the 100m in 2022 and 2023.

International competition

Her international results include a bronze medal with Nigeria in the women's 4x100m relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a place in the women's 100m semifinals at the Paris 2024 Olympics and silver in the women's 100m at the 2026 African Athletics Championships.

Affiliations

Texas Tech Collegiate track and field athlete 2022-01

Timeline

2018 Won the girls' 100m title at the Summer Youth Olympics.
2021 Won NJCAA Division I outdoor championships in the 100m and 200m.
2022-01 Enrolled at Texas Tech, according to the university's athletics biography.
2024-05-25 Recorded her listed legal 100m personal best of 10.88 seconds.
2024-08-03 Reached the women's 100m semifinals at the Paris Olympics, placing eighth in her heat in 11.39 seconds.
2026-05 Won silver in the women's 100m at the African Athletics Championships in Accra.

Additional verified details

Current context

World Athletics listed her legal 100m personal best as 10.88 seconds. A faster 10.81-second performance recorded on 4 April 2026 was marked as not wind-legal. Personal-best status can change with subsequent competition.
Nigeria's Birmingham 2022 women's 4x100m relay result is listed as disqualified and its medal forfeited following teammate Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha's anti-doping rule violations. The reviewed Athletics Integrity Unit decision concerns the team result arising from Nwokocha's violation and does not identify Chukwuma as the athlete who committed the violation.

Biographical facts

She was born on 5 December 2001.
Texas Tech's athletics biography lists her hometown as Ebonyi, Nigeria.
Texas Tech credits her with 2021 NJCAA Division I outdoor titles in the 100m and 200m, the 2022 Big 12 indoor 60m title, and NCAA Outdoor First Team All-America honors in the 100m in 2022 and 2023.
She won bronze with Nigeria in the women's 4x100m relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.