{{Short description|Bahamian athlete (born 2002)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rhema Otabor | birth_name = | image = Rhema Otabor Paris2024.jpg | caption = | nationality = Bahamas | sport = Athletics | event = Javelin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|12|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''Javelin:''' 64.19 (Eugene, 2024) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{BAH}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Santiago|Javelin throw}} {{Medal|Competition|NACAC Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2022 Freeport|Javelin throw}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Freeport|Javelin throw}} {{MedalCompetition | NACAC U23 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2023 San Jose|Javelin}} {{MedalCompetition | NACAC U20 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2021 San Jose|Javelin}} }} '''Rhema Otabor''' (born 3 December 2002) is a javelin thrower from the Bahamas. She was the silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/bahamas/rhema-otabor-14837858|title= Rhema Otabor|website=World Athletics|access-date=7 June 2024}}</ref>
==Early life== From Nassau, Bahamas, she attended Florida International University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.1011now.com/2024/06/07/otabor-captures-javelin-title-ncaa-outdoor-championships/|website=1012now.com|access-date=7 June 2024|title= Otabor wins back-to-back javelin titles at NCAA Outdoor Championships|first=Ryan|last=Swanigan|date=7 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="contract"/>
==Career== She won gold representing Bahamas at the 2021 NACAC U20 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica with a personal best of 55.06m. in August 2021, she finished fourth at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, where set a new Bahamian junior national record and a personal best with a throw of 55.08 metres.<ref name="contract">{{cite web|url= https://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/dec/29/rhema-otabor-junior-female-athlete-year/?news|website=Tribune242|accessdate=7 June 2024|title= Rhema Otabor Junior Female Athlete of Year|date=29 December 2021}}</ref>
She won bronze at the senior 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas in August 2022 with a throw of 57.91 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.trackalerts.com/2022/08/usa-dominate-but-jamaican-drops-19-8-at-nacac-open-championships/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=7 June 2024|title= USA dominate, but Jamaican drops 19.8 at NACAC Open Championships|first=Anthony|last=Foster |date=August 22, 2022}}</ref> In June 2023, she won the NCAA Championship Division 1 javelin competition in Austin, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/husker-sports/nebraska-s-rhema-otabor-breaks-ncaa-record-wins-second-consecutive-javelin-national-title/article_fc7e4ac7-53f9-50b2-a740-a6cde62ee66a.html|website=Journal Star|accessdate=7 June 2024|title=Rhema Otabor wins second consecutive NCAA|date=6 June 2024}}</ref>
She won gold at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2023, and threw a personal best 59.75m at the Bahamas National Championships. She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest but did not qualify for the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-international/item/126682-caribbean-s-lone-female-javelin-representative-bahamian-otabor-misses-out-on-final|website=SportMax|accessdate=7 June 2024|title= Caribbean's lone female javelin representative Bahamian Otabor, misses out on final |first= Sherdon |last=Cowan |date=August 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7202145?eventId=10229533 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=7 June 2024|title=Bahamas Championship|date=July 2023}}</ref> She was a silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago in October 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportsmax.tv/other-sports/item/132523-rhema-otabor-takes-javelin-silver-at-2023-pan-american-games|website=SportsMax|accessdate=7 June 2024|title= Rhema Otabor takes javelin silver at 2023 Pan American Games|first=Bradley|last=Jacks|date= November 4, 2023}}</ref>
She set a new personal best of 64.19 to win the 2024 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7155003?eventId=10229533|website=World Athletics|accessdate=7 June 2024|title=NCAA Division 1 Outdoor|date=6 June 2024}}</ref> It also broke the collegiate javelin record of 62.19m set in 2016 by Maggie Malone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/12619833-rhema-otabor-sets-new-javelin-collegiate-record|website=Flotrack|accessdate=7 June 2024|date=6 June 2024|title= Rhema Otabor Sets New Javelin Collegiate Record|first=Jennifer|last=Zahn}}</ref> She competed in the javelin at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5854/women-s-javelin-throw-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=8 September 2024|date=10 August 2024|title= Women's Javelin Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}</ref>
She competed at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, the Bahamas, winning the bronze medal with a throw of 53.70 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7228704?eventId=10229533&gender=W |website=World Athletics|accessdate=16 August 2025|title=NACAC Championships|date=16 August 2025 }}</ref> She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, throwing 60.06 metres without advancing to the final.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229533&gender=W |website=World Athletics|accessdate=23 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=18 Sep 2025 }}</ref> In the same stadium in May 2026, she won the javelin throw at the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/seiko-golden-grand-prix-2026-lyles-john |title= Lyles helps to light up Tokyo with 100m win at Seiko Golden Grand Prix|date=17 May 2026 |access-date=17 May 2026| website=World Athletics}}</ref>
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