Olabisi Afolabi
| Olabisi Afolabi medal table |
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 Nigeria
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| silver | 1996 Atlanta | 4 × 400 m |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| bronze | 2002 Manchester | 4 × 400 m |
| Pan-African Games | ||
| silver | 1999 Johannesburg | 400 m |
| bronze | 1995 Harare | 400 m |
Olabisi Afolabi (born October 31, 1975 in Ilorin ) is a Nigerian sprinter who mainly competed in the 400-meter run .
On her special course she became Junior World Champion in Lisbon in 1994 . At the African Games she won the bronze medal in Harare in 1995 and the silver medal in Johannesburg in 1999 . She also took part in the World Athletics Championships in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2003 , reaching the semi-finals three times. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney she failed in the preliminary stages.
She celebrated the greatest success of her career with the Nigerian 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . Together with Fatima Yusuf , Charity Opara and Falilat Ogunkoya , she won the silver medal behind the quartet of the United States and ahead of the German relay team in 3: 21.04 min .
Olabisi Afolabi has a competition weight of 62 kg with a height of 1.75 m.
Top performances
Web links
- Olabisi Afolabi in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Olabisi Afolabi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Afolabi, Olabisi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilorin , Nigeria |