Gina Akpe-Moses (born 25 February 1999 in Lagos, Nigeria) is an Irish athlete specialising as a sprinter. In 2017 she became the European junior champion over 100 metres, the first Irish woman to win a sprint gold medal at that level.
Career Arriving at the age of three in Dundalk, Gina Akpe-Moses started athletics at age 11 in St Gerard's AC, then specialised in sprinting. In 2014, she moved to Birmingham to join an elite British club. Her sister Precious Akpe-Moses is also a sprinter.
In 2015, a 16-year-old Akpe-Moses competed at the European Athletics Under-20 Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden coming in fourth place as part of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay team. That same year, she won joint-silver medal in the 200 metres at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Tbilisi, Georgia.
She earned a silver in the 100 metres run at the 2016 European U18 Championships in Tbilisi.
In 2017, Akpe-Moses took gold for the 100 m at the European U20 Championships held in Grosseto, Italy and again came fourth in the 4 x 100 metres relay.
In 2018, she won silver as part of the women's 4 × 100 m Irish team at the World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, having also qualified for the final of the individual race.
Personal bests 60 metres indoors – 7.37 (Kuldīga 2020) 100 metres – 11.45 (+1.2 m/s, Oordegem, Lede 2019) 200 metres – 23.86 (+0.4 m/s, Mannheim 2018)
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