Rose Lokonyen Quotes
born 1995
Rose Nathike Lokonyen (born 24 February 1995) is a track and field athlete from South Sudan, who has later lived and trained in Kenya.
Also known as: Rose Nathike Lokonyen
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I had not been training. It was the first time for me to run and I came number two, I was very suprised!
My hope is just to try my best, to improve on my time.
Sport has that power to change a life. Especially for refugees.
I didn’t know that talent could take me anywhere, I just loved sport.
I feel very excited. This is the first chance for the refugees to participate in the Olympics and to give us hope, for us to encourage the young generations of fellow refugees who are remaining in the camps maybe to continue their talent.
We have so many nationalities but we don’t think, ‘this person is from this country, this person is from that country,’ we stay as brothers and sisters,There is a great peace among us.
I call it home, We faced a lot of challenges but it’s a safe place. As long as you have that, you feel safe. We had to start a new life.
Now that I got the chance to study, I have to give back to the community because you cannot run the whole of your life, I can come back and give to the communities, especially the young refugees.