Enefiok Udo-Obong

Enefiok Udo-Obong medal table
sprinter
Nigeria
Olympic games
gold	2000 Sydney	4 × 400 m
bronze	2004 Athens	4 × 400 m

Enefiok Udo-Obong (born May 22, 1982 ) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter run . He celebrated his greatest successes with the Nigerian 4 x 400 meter relay .

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , he won the silver medal with the relay. In the final he set a new African record with Clement Chukwu , Jude Monye and Sunday Bada as the final runner with a time of 2: 58.68 minutes. In August 2008, the originally victorious US relay team was subsequently disqualified for a doping offense by its runner Antonio Pettigrew . Gold was officially awarded to the Nigerian relay team in July 2012.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he was again the last runner in the relay. Together with James Godday , Musa Audu and Saul Weigopwa , he won the bronze medal in 3:00 , 90 minutes.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Udo-Obong was seventh in the 200-meter run in 20.69 s and finished fifth with the 4-by-400-meter relay. He was also two Nigerian national champions, in 2002 over 400 and 2005 over 200 meters.

Enefiok Udo-Obong is 1.87 m tall and has a competition weight of 86 kg.

Top performances

• 200 m: 20.67 s, March 22, 2006, Melbourne
• 400 m: 45.68 s, July 21, 2000, Lagos

Web links

• Enefiok Udo-Obong in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Team Nigeria awarded 4x400m Sydney Olympics gold ( Memento from August 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ gbrathletics.com: Nigerian Championships