Chioma was the first and only athlete to play for the female national team, the Super Falcons who went to their first ever World Cup hosted by China in the year 1990.
She also competed at the All African Games between 1989-1991 beating defending champion Mary Onyali Omagbemi into second place. But her world came to a crashing halt when in 1992 she received a four year ban over a drug allegation which she maintained her innocence for. Chioma became a literal leper nobody wanted to touch even with a long pole, a move which she said pushed her to move closer to God
On the 31st of August, she made history by becoming the first Nigerian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal erasing the record held by Nojeem Mayegun who won the country's first Olympic medal of bronze.
On her return from Atlanta, the nation stood still to pay its honour to the heroine who had done it proud, the Head of State General Sani Abacha promoted her from an inspector to Assistant Superintendent of Police as well as other honours.
Chioma is also a proud mother of triplets given birth to in the year 2011
Friend if you are feeling rejected, cast aside and treated like an outcast, then draw inspiration from this story which is as real as life because nobody contols your destiny, you do. It is not over until you win.
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