Noah Akwu
Noah Akwu (born September 23, 1990 ) is a Nigerian sprinter .
At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, he finished eighth in the 4 x 400 meter relay .
In 2012 he won bronze over 200 m at the African Athletics Championships in Porto-Novo and was eliminated in the preliminary stages at the Olympic Games in London .
At the 2013 World Cup in Moscow, he did not get past the first round with the Nigerian 4 x 400 meter relay.
In 2014, the Nigerian relay team consisting of Tobi Ogunmola , Akwu, Isah Salihu and Cristian Morton was eliminated from the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Sopot , despite an African record of 3: 07.95 minutes in the lead-up. In the summer he was disqualified at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow over 400 m in the heat and came with the relay on the seventh place. At the African Championships in Marrakech he was seventh over 400 m and won silver with the Nigerian relay.
Personal bests
- 200 m: 20.54 s, July 6, 2012, Kumasi
- Hall: 20.86s, March 11, 2011, College Station
- 400 m: 45.59 s, June 20, 2013, Calabar
Web links
- Noah Akwu in the database of World Athletics (English)
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| SURNAME | Akwu, Noah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1990 |