# Mercy Nku

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{{short description|Nigerian sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}
{{MedalTableTop|image=Mercy Nku 2000.jpg|image_size=225px|caption=Mercy Nku (2000)}}
{{MedalSport|Women's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NGR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[African Championships](/source/African_Championships_in_Athletics)}} 
{{MedalGold|[2004 Brazzaville](/source/2004_African_Championships_in_Athletics)|[4×100 m](/source/2004_African_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)}}
{{MedalSilver|2004 Brazzaville|[100 m](/source/2004_African_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres)}}
{{MedalBottom}}
'''Mercy Akpanchang Nku Esimoneze''' (born 17 July 1976 in [Boki](/source/Boki%2C_Nigeria)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nk/mercy-nku-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>) is a retired [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)n sprinter who specialized in the [100 metres](/source/100_metres).

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{NGR}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1994
|rowspan=3|[World Junior Championships](/source/1994_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|rowspan=3|[Lisbon](/source/Lisbon), [Portugal](/source/Portugal)
|12th (sf)
|100m
|[11.77](/source/1994_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) <small>(wind: +0.8&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|35th (h)
|200m
|[24.97](/source/1994_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) <small>(wind: +1.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|14th (h)
|4 × 400 m relay
|[3:49.16](/source/1994_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[World Championships](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics) 
|[Seville](/source/Seville), [Spain](/source/Spain)
|8th
|100 m
|11.16
|-
|[All-Africa Games](/source/1999_All-Africa_Games) 
|[Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|100 m
|11.03 PB CR
|-
|2000
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics) 
|[Sydney](/source/Sydney), [Australia](/source/Australia)
|align="center" | 7th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[44.05](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2001_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) 
|[Lisbon](/source/Lisbon), [Portugal](/source/Portugal)
|align="center" | 5th
|60 m
|7.15
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics) 
|[Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), [Canada](/source/Canada)
|align="center" | 6th
|100 m
|11.17
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) 
|[Athens](/source/Athens), [Greece](/source/Greece)
|align="center" | 7th
|[4 × 100 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)
|43.42 
|-
|[African Championships](/source/2004_African_Championships_in_Athletics) 
|[Brazzaville](/source/Brazzaville), [Congo](/source/Congo-Brazzaville)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|100 m
|11.36
|-
|2005
|[World Championships](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics) 
|[Helsinki, Finland](/source/Helsinki%2C_Finland)
|align="center" | 7th
|[4 × 100 m relay](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)
|43.25
|}

===Personal bests===
*[100 metres](/source/100_metres) - 11.03 s (1999)
*[200 metres](/source/200_metres) - 22.53 s (1999)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics||name=Mercy Nku}}

{{Footer All-Africa Champions 100 m Women}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nku, Mercy}}
Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:Nigerian women sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Nigeria
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Nigeria
Category:People from Cross River State
Category:African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:African Games athletes for Nigeria
Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
Category:Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
Category:Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics
Category:Olympic women sprinters
Category:20th-century Nigerian women

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