Davidson Ezinwa
| Davidson Ezinwa medal table |
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 Nigeria
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| silver | 1992 Barcelona | 4 × 100 m |
| World championships | ||
| silver | 1997 Athens | 4 × 100 m |
| Indoor world championships | ||
| bronze | 1997 Paris | 60 m |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| silver | 1990 Auckland | 100 m |
| Pan-African Games | ||
| gold | 1995 Harare | 100 m |
| silver | 1991 Cairo | 100 m |
| African Championships | ||
| gold | 1988 Annaba | 200 m |
| silver | 1989 Lagos | 200 m |
Davidson Ezinwa (born November 22, 1971 ) is a retired Nigerian sprinter .
After he became African champion in the 200-meter run in 1988 at the age of only 16 with a time of 20.97 s , he was nominated for the Nigerian 4-by-400-meter relay at the Olympic Games in Seoul . There he was used in the preliminary round, the season was later eliminated in the semi-finals.
At the African Championships in Lagos in 1989 , he won the silver medal over 200 m in 20.82 s behind his compatriot Olapade Adeniken . In 1990 Ezinwa became junior world champion in the 100-meter run and also won silver in the 200-meter run and bronze in the 4 x 100-meter relay at the competitions in Plovdiv . In addition, he finished second in the 100 m at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland . In 1991 he also won the silver medal in the 100-meter run at the Pan-African Games in Cairo behind Frank Fredericks . In the same year he finished fourth in the relay at the World Championships in Tokyo . In the 100-meter run, however, he was eliminated in the preliminary round.
He celebrated the greatest success of his career at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. There he won the silver medal as the final runner in the 4 x 100 meter relay together with Oluyemi Kayode , Chidi Imoh and Olapade Adeniken. With a time of 37.98 s, the Nigerian quartet only had to admit defeat to the relay from the United States , which set a world record in the final with 37.40 s. Ezinwa also started in the 100 meter run in Barcelona and finished eighth here.
At the Pan-African Games in Harare in 1995 , he won over 100 m. In February 1996 he was banned for three months by the IAAF, the World Athletics Federation, for illegally taking the stimulant ephedrine . After the suspension he was able to take part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta , where he was sixth in the 100-meter run and eliminated with the relay in the semi-finals.
In 1997, Ezinwa won the bronze medal in the 60-meter run at the World Indoor Championships in Paris in a personal best of 6.52 s . Later in the season, he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the World Championships in Athens . Together with his twin brother Osmond Ezinwa , Olapade Adeniken and Francis Obikwelu , he only had to admit defeat to the Canadian team as the final runner in 38.07 s . In the same line-up, the Nigerian relay had set a continental record in the semi-final round with a time of 37.94 s. Ezinwa also started at the competitions in Athens in the 100-meter run and finished sixth there.
His last international appearance was at the 1999 World Indoor Championships in Seville. After he was eliminated in the semi-finals in the 100-meter run, he tested positive for the peptide hormone hCG . After this doping result , he had to end his competitive sports career as a repeat offender.
Davidson Ezinwa is 1.84 m tall and weighed 82 kg during his playing days.
Top performances
- 50 m (hall): 5.64 s, February 15, 1992, Los Angeles
- 60 m (hall): 6.51 s, January 29, 1999, Chemnitz
- 100 m: 9.94 s, July 4, 1994, Linz
- 200 m: 20.25 s, 6 June 1002, Seville
- Hall: 21.00 s, February 17, 1990, Flagstaff
Web links
- Davidson Ezinwa in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ a b Spiegel Online : Athletics: Two doping cases at the World Cup . August 25, 1999
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ezinwa, Davidson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1971 |