Joice Maduaka

It was in 1998 that Joice Maduaka made her breakthrough - first running 7.34 seconds for 60m and then setting successive personal bests at 100m

It was in 1998 that Joice Maduaka made her breakthrough - first running 7.34 seconds for 60m and then setting successive personal bests at 100m.

SPORT BIO

In 1999 she maintained this progress with a PB of 11.24secs, to gain 3rd at the 100m in the European Cup. She then went on to win the 100m & 200m taking 0.3 off her 200m time. In 2000 Joice set personal bests indoors at both 60m and 200m. Outdoors she was third at 100m and fourth at 200m the AAA’s.

Joice travelled to Sydney for the Olympics, but was not able to progress from the heats of the 100m but qualified to the second round for the 200m  Joice ran the first leg of the 4x100m where the team were placed 5th in the semi-final.

In 2002, despite suffering from a leg cramp at the AAA’s Indoors, Joice took 0.02 off her best ever time for 60m with 7.28secs in the heats. She then took another 0.01 of her PB with 7.27secs. In Manchester, at the Commonwealth Games Joice ran a season’s best for 200m of 23.00secs in her heat, almost matching it in the final with 23.04secs for 6th place.

In 2006 Joice Maduaka saw an amazing turnaround in fortunes with the appointment of a new american coach and the summer saw her produce her best form since 1999. At the European Champinsips in Gothenburg Maduakda just missed out on a medal finishing fourth but Britain's sprint team in which she was the anchor leg captured a fantastic silver medal.