Raymond Ekevwo

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Raymond Ekevwo athletics
nation NigeriaNigeria Nigeria
birthday 23rd March 1999 (age 21)
place of birth Ughelli , Nigeria
size 178 cm
Career
discipline sprint
Trainer Mike Holloway
status active
Medal table
Africa Games 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Africa Games logo Africa Games
gold Rabat 2019 100 m
silver Rabat 2019 4 × 100 m
last change: March 7, 2020

Raymond Ekevwo (born March 23, 1999 in Ughelli ) is a Nigerian sprinter .

Athletic career

Raymond Ekevwo gained his first international experience in 2016 at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz , where he was eliminated in the preliminary round with the Nigerian 4 x 100 meter relay with 40.39 seconds. In 2019 he took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time , where he won the 100-meter run in 9.96 seconds and won the silver medal behind the team from Ghana in 38.59 seconds. He also qualified for the World Championships in Doha and made it to the semi-finals , in which he was eliminated with 10.20 seconds.

Personal best

  • 100 meters: 9.96 s (+1.6 m / s), August 27, 2019 in Rabat

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yemi Olus: Ekevwo and Ta Lou take African Games 100m titles ( english ) IAAF. August 27, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Ekevwo, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Ughelli