| Gina Akpe-Moses | |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Birth Date: | 25 February 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 100 metres 200 metres |
| Club: | Blackrock AC & Birchfield Harriers |
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.[1]
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.
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.[2] [3]
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.[4]