Our Gold Medalist Dorcus Inzikuru Shines at Graduation

Let us get up from our seats, raise our glasses and toast to this celebration.

This woman is a big name and inspiration to the athletic world around the country. She has done magnificent work and had gone of the scene for some years to handle some other business of her own.

Dorcus Inzikuru was at school, adding another qualification on top of her heavy CV, She has completed and over the weekend, graduated from Ndejje University with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.

Dorcus Inzikuru first climbed to heights when she got for Uganda the first golden medal in the 3000m steeplechase race. This brought the country to a standstill, and she became the golden girl.

We still do not know whether after this degree, she will get back to racing. However, she will always remain a hero to the country.

Let us remind ourselves briefly of this great ladies achievements, with this brief info about her wins.

For 3000m Steeplechase, she won

• The 2005 World Championships (Gold)
• The 2005 World Athletics Final (Gold)
• The 2006 Commonwealth Games (Gold) 

For 5000m, she won;

• The 2000 World Junior Championships (Gold)
• The 2002 African Games (Silver)
• The 2003 Afro-Asian Games (Bronze)

And then her personal best races, She did the 2000 m Steeplechase in 6:04.46 and the 3000 m Steeplechase in 9:15.04.

Congratulations Dorcus and have a fruitful future. Today, Ghafla celebrates you.