By Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Delta state born, Ese Brume has shattered Nigeria and Africa’s Long Jump record held by her compatriot Chioma Ajunwa.
Brume had leapt 7.17m at the Sandiago Chula Vista Festival to beat Olympics champion Britney Reese, and Chantley Malone to the 2nd and 3rd positions.
The athlete featured for Nigeria at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championship winning gold.
At the 2018 Olympics, Brume leapt 6.18m to book 5th place.
Further Brume came 3rd place at the 2019 Word Athletics Championship held in Doha, Qatar.
Born 1996 in Ughelli , Brume is a five time African Junior Champion.
Nigeria’s minister of sports, Sunday Dare have described Brume as a medal hopeful at the forth coming 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.