Divine Oduduru

Divine Oduduru
Divine Oduduru in Eugene 2018
Full name	Ejowvokoghene Divine Oduduru
nation	Nigeria
birthday	7th October 1996 (age 23)
place of birth	Ughelli , Nigeria
size	170 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Trainer	Wes Kittley, Calvin Robinson
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 0 × 3 × 0 × African Championships 1 × 2 × 0 × U20 world championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U20 African Championships 5 × 0 × 0 × U18 African Championships 2 × 0 × 1 ×
Africa Games silver Brazzaville 2015 200 m silver Rabat 2019 200 m silver Rabat 2019 4 × 100 m  African Championships gold Marrakech 2014 4 × 100 m silver Asaba 2018 200 m silver Asaba 2018 4 × 100 m  Junior World Championships silver Eugene 2014 200 m Junior African Championships gold Réduit 2013 200 m gold Réduit 2013 4 × 100 m gold Addis Ababa 2015 100 m gold Addis Ababa 2015 200 m gold Addis Ababa 2015 4 × 100 m Youth African Championships gold Warri 2013 100 m gold Warri 2013 200 m bronze Warri 2013 Sprint relay
last change: March 7, 2020

Ejowvokoghene Divine Oduduru (born October 7, 1996 in Ughelli ) is a Nigerian sprinter .

Athletic career

Divine Oduduru gained his first international experience at the 2013 African Youth Championships in Warri , where he won gold medals in 100 meters and in the 200-meter run in 10.62 s and 21.56 s , as well as a bronze medal with the Nigerian sprint relay ( 1000 meters) in 1: 54.58 min. He then reached the semi-finals in the 100-meter run at the World Youth Championships in Donetsk , in which he was eliminated with 11.05 s. He was also sixth over 200 meters in 21.37 s and was used in the sprint relay in the run-up. He then won the Junior African Championships in Réduit in 21.19 s over 200 meters and in 40.36 s with the 4 x 100 meter relay . The following year he won the silver medal over 200 meters at the Junior World Championships in Eugene in 20.25 s and was fifth with the relay in 39.66 s. He then won the African Championships in Marrakech in 39.51 s with the relay, in which he was only used in the run-up, and was sixth in the 200-meter run in 20.81 s. In 2015 he won the Junior African Championships in Addis Ababa in 10.44 s and 21.22 s over 100 and 200 meters and in 39.99 s with the relay. At the World Relays in the Bahamas , he started with the 4 x 200 meter relay, but was disqualified there in the run-up. In September he took part in the Africa Games in Brazzaville for the first time and won the silver medal there in 20.45 s behind the Ivorian Hua Wilfried Koffi . In addition, he was used in the season in advance, which was later disqualified in the final.

In 2016 he reached the final over 200 meters at the African Championships in Durban , but did not start there. With his services he also qualified for the first time for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he reached the semi-finals over 200 meters , in which he was eliminated with 20.59 s. Two years later he won the silver medal over 200 meters behind the South African Ncincihli Titi at the African Championships in Asaba in his home country in 20.60 seconds and also with the Nigerian 4 x 100 meter relay in 38.74 seconds. In 2019 he won the NCAA championships for the second time and showed world-class performances there in just one day. Over 100 meters he approached the African record of his compatriot Olusoji Fasuba by just a hundredth of a second in 9.86 s and over 200 meters he set a new national record in 19.73 s and is thus in 14th place on the all-time best list (as of 2019). He then took part again in the African Games in Rabat and won the silver medal behind the Zambian Sydney Siame in 20.54 s and also won the silver medal behind the team from Ghana in 38.59 s with the relay. Then he reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in Doha over 200 meters , in which he was eliminated with 20.84 s.

In 2014 and 2016 Oduduru became Nigerian champion in the 200-meter run. He is a student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock .

Personal best

• 100 meters: 9.86 s (+0.8 m / s) on June 7, 2019 in Austin
  • 60 meters (hall): 6.52 s, February 23, 2019 in Lubbock
• 200 meters: 19.73 s (+0.8 m / s), June 7, 2019 in Austin ( Nigerian record )
  • 200 meters (hall): 20.08 s, February 23, 2019 in Lubbock ( Nigerian record )

Web links

Commons : Divine Oduduru  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Divine Oduduru in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Divine Oduduru in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Menon Ramsamy and Reynolds Quirin: Ethiopian and Nigerian athletes impress at African Junior Champs ( English ) IAAF. September 1, 2013. Accessed July 2, 2019.
2. ↑ Elshadai Negash and Bizuayehu Wagaw: 5000m double for hosts Ethiopia at African Junior Championships ( English ) IAAF. March 8, 2015. Accessed July 2, 2019.
3. ↑ Roy Jordan: Oduduru blasts to 100/200 double at NCAA Championships, Holloway sizzles 12.98 ( English ) IAAF. June 8, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.