Tuedon Morgan
 Tee holding the Nigerian flag after completing her North Pole Marathon | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tuedon "Tee" Omatsola-Morgan |
| Nationality | Nigerian British |
| Born | 3 April 1973 Warri, Nigeria |
| Updated on 28 November 2016 | |
Tuedon "Tee" Omatsola-Morgan, born 3 April 1973 is a Nigerian ultramaraton runner. She has completed in over 73 marathons and has competed in 2 ultramarathons.
Early life
[edit]Born in Warri, Nigeria, she was born into the Itsekiri tribe. Morgan moved to the UK at the age of 16 to pursue her studies.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]One of the most decorated female Nigerian marathon runners of her time she has won many accolades such as 2 Guinness world records which have been held for almost 2 years. She has completed Marathons and Half Marathons on Antarctica and a Marathon on the North pole. She is the first Nigerian woman to complete a marathon on the North Pole.[1] Morgan is the World Record holder of 2 different world records : fastest time for a woman to run a half marathon on each continent (10 days, 23 hours and 37 minutes)[2] and fastest time for a woman to run a half marathon on each continent and the north pole (62 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes and 49 seconds).[3] The former of the two records was done as part of Morgan's Triple 7 challenge where she attempted to run 7 half marathons on 7 continents in 7 days but due to adverse weather conditions when attempting to land in Antarctica for the last marathons she was unable to complete it in 7 days but the 10 days she was credited for in the world record.
References
[edit]- ^ "Nigerian marathon runner achieves North Pole dream". BBC News. 16 April 2015.
- ^ Fastest time to run a half marathon on each continent (female) Guinness World Records.
- ^ The fastest time to run a half marathon on each continent and the North Pole (female) Guinness World Records.