MEN
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SAMSON OGHENEWEGBA NATHANIEL
DOB:29 AUG 1997
Event:400m
PB:45.23
SB:45.23
Nigeria’s best position at the championships remains Innocent Egbunike’s silver medal finish in Rome in 1987.
TOSIN OKE
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DOB:01 OCT 1980
Event:Triple Jump
PB:17.23M
SB:16.70m
Nigeria’s best position at the championships was Ajayi Agbebaku’s bronze medal finish in Helsinki in 1983.
CHUKWUEBUKA ENEKWECHI
DOB:28 JAN 1993
Event:Shot Put
PB:21.07m
SB:21.07m
Nigeria has not gone beyond the qualifying stage at the championships.
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WOMEN
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JENNIFER MADU
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DOB:23 SEP 1994
Event:100m,4x100m
PB:11.16
SB:11.31
Nigeria’s best record here remains the fifth place finish by Mary Onyali in 1993 and Blessing Okagbare in 2011.
BLESSING OKAGBARE
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DOB:09 OCT 1988
Event:100m,Long Jump,4x100m
PB:10.79,7.00M
SB:10.99,6.77M
Nigeria’s best record IN THE 100M remains the fifth place finish by Mary Onyali in 1993 and Blessing Okagbare in 2011 while in the long jump,Okagbare’s
silver medal win in Moscow,Russia in 2013
MARGARET BAMGBOSE
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DOB:19 OCT 1993
Event:400m,4x400m
PB:51.11
SB:51.57
Nigeria’s best position is Falilat Ogunkoya’s fourth place finish in Seville,Spain in 1999
PATIENCE OKON GEORGE
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DOB:25 NOV 1991
Event:400m,4x400m
PB:50.71
SB:51.03
Nigeria’s best position is Falilat Ogunkoya’s fourth place finish in Seville,Spain in 1999
YINKA AJAYI
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DOB:11 AUG 1997
Event:400m
PB:51.30
SB:51.30
Nigeria’s best position is Falilat Ogunkoya’s fourth place finish in Seville,Spain in 1999
OLUWATOBILOBA AMUSAN
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DOB:23 APR 1997
Event:100m Hurdles
PB:12.57
SB:12.57
Glory Alozie’s silver medal win in 199 in Sevilee,Spain is Nigeria’s best performance in the event
LINDSAY LINDLEY
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DOB:10 JUN 1989
Event:100m Hurdles
PB:12.90
SB:12.90
Glory Alozie’s silver medal win in 199 in Sevilee,Spain is Nigeria’s best performance in the event
GLORY ONOME NATHANIEL
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DOB:23 JAN 1996
Event:400m Hurdles
PB:55.90
SB:55.90
—Omolade Akinremi in 1995 and Ajoke Odumosu’s semi-final finishes in 2009 and 2011 represent Nigeria’s best performance in the championships
ESE BRUME
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DOB:20 JAN 1996
Event:Long Jump
PB:6.83m
SB:6.64m
Blessing Okagbare’a silver medal win in Moscow,Russia in 2013 remains Nigeria’s best performance in the championships
4x100m Relay
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PB:42.39
SB:43.84
The Nigerian relay squad Aniekeme Alphonsus ETIM,Wisdom ISOKEN ,Lindsay LINDLEY,Jennifer MADU,Blessing OKAGBARE,Maria Thompson OMOKWE will aim for a podium
finish as that is the only way the fourth place finishes achieved by the quartet of Beatrice Utondu,Rufina Ubah,Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali in
1991 in Tokyo (42.77) and the 2001 team to Edmonton,Canada made up of Chioma Ajunwa, Endurance Ojokolo, Mercy Nku, and Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (42.52).
4x400m Relay
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PB:3:21.04
SB:3:31.97
The team of Yinka AJAYI,Margaret BAMGBOSE,Abike Funmilola EGBENIYI,Patience Okon GEORGE and Glory Onome NATHANIEL will attempt to go a step further than
fifth place,the highest position Nigeria has attained in the race at the championships on four occassions viz 1991 by the quartet of
Fatima Yusuf,• Mary Onyali,Airat Bakare and Charity Opara (3:24.45);2009 by Endurance Abinuwa, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu, Josephine Ehigie and Folasade Abugan
(3:28.55),2013 by the quartet of Omolara Omotoso, Patience Okon George, Bukola Abogunloko and Regina George (3:27.57) and in 2015 by the team (Regina George,
Funke Oladoye, Tosin Adeloye and Patience Okon George (3:25.11).
