Olabisi Afolabi
Appearance
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Olabisi Afolabi | |
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Born | 31 October 1975 Ilorin, Kwara State |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Occupation(s) | Track and field athlete |
Olabisi ("Bisi") Afolabi (born 31st October 1975 in Ilorin, Kwara State) is a retired female track and field athlete from Nigeria, who specialized in the 400 metres during her career. She was a member of the Nigerian team that won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay.
She won the World Junior Championships in 1994. She also has a silver medal from the 1999 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal from the 1995 All-Africa Games.
She is now married and has children.[citation needed]
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing | |||||
1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.97 |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 10th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.12 | |
1994 | African Junior Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 400 m | 53.59 |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.15 | |||
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:45.41 | |||
World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 400 m | 51.97 | |
14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:49.16 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 7th | 400 m | 52.21 | |
– | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |||
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 25th (h) | 400 m | 51.79 |
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.85 | |||
Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | 400 m | 50.50 | |
All-Africa Games | Harare, Zimbabwe | 3rd | 400 m | 51.53 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 13th (sf) | 400 m | 51.40 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.04 | |||
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 53.33 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 13th (sf) | 400 m | 51.44 | |
7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.04 | |||
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 8th (sf) | 400 m | 50.40 |
All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2nd | 400 m | 50.34 | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 20th (qf) | 400 m | 51.87 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:23.80 | |||
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.16 |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 51.38 |
All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 8th | 400 m | 52.77 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.76 |
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Categories:
- 1975 births
- Nigerian female sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nigeria
- Living people
- People from Ilorin
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games silver medalists for Nigeria
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
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