LIFE: Tokyo 2020 Olympics-bound Ese Brume, The Athlete Continuing Nigeria’s Tradition Of Track And Field Excellence

Ese Brume, born 20 January 1996, is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in long jump.

Brume, who hopes to finish on the podium at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 will bear the Nigerian flag during the closing ceremony of the greatest event in sports -- the Summer Olympics.

Track and field events have accounted for 13 of the 25 medals Team Nigeria have won at the Olympic Games.

The sport has also delivered two of the three gold medals won by Team Nigeria with a first-ever individual gold by Chioma Ajunwa coming in the women’s long jump in 1996, the same year Team Nigeria won a historic Olympic football gold.

Nigeria last won a track and field medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 when Blessing Okagbare, in the women’s long jump, and the quartet of Gloria Kemasuode, Halimat Ismaila, Franca Idoko and Damola Osayomi in the women’s 4x100m event, won medals.

However, Team Nigeria have struggled at the Olympic Games in recent times.

A 2016 Olympian in the Long Jump, Brume is continuing Nigeria’s tradition of track and field excellence. She placed fifth in the Long Jump final at the Rio Olympics, her first such worldwide competition, at the age of 20: Brume leapt 6.81m.

Ughelli, Delta State-born Brume is also a two-time African Junior Champion in both the Long Jump and as part of Nigeria’s 4×100 team, thereby making her one of the most successful athletes at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships.

In 2015, Brume won three golds at the African Junior Champion, adding the Triple Jump to her already impressive resume. She also took the Gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Long Jump.

Her top jump of 6.83m, logged in June 2016, ranked Top 15 in the world for the year.

Brume is an alumnus of Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, and Delta State University, Abraka.

Ese Brume record

In May 2021, at the Chula Vista Festival, Brume broke compatriot Chioma Ajunwa’s 25-year longjump record.

She leapt 7.17m to beat Olympics champion Britney Reese, and Chantley Malone to the second and third positions. 

Recall Ajunwa leapt 7.12 to win gold medal at the Atlanta ‘96 Olympics.

Ese Brume accomplishments

• 2016 OLYMPIC FINALIST, LONG JUMP
• 2015 AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPION, LONG JUMP
• 2015 AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPION, TRIPLE JUMP
• 2015 AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPION, 4X100
• 2015 AFRICAN GAMES FINALIST, LONG JUMP
• 2014 COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD MEDALIST, LONG JUMP
• 2014 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER, LONG JUMP
• 2014 NIGERIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS GOLD MEDALIST, LONG JUMP
• 2013 AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPION, LONG JUMP
• 2013 AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPION, 4X100
• AFRICAN JUNIOR RECORD HOLDER, LONG JUMP

Ese Brume net worth

As of when she was 23, Ese Brume's net worth was $1-5 Million — according to popularbio.com.