Olabisi Afolabi
Nigerian sprinter (born 1975)
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Born | 31 October 1975 Ilorin, Kwara State |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Occupation(s) | Track and field athlete |
Olabisi ("Bisi") Afolabi (born 31 October 1975 in Ilorin, Kwara State) is a retired female track and field athlete from Nigeria, who specialized in the 400 metres during her career. She was a member of the Nigerian team that won the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay.
She won the World Junior Championships in 1994. She also has a silver medal from the 1999 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal from the 1995 All-Africa Games.
She is now married and has children.[citation needed]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Nigeria | |||||
1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.97 |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 10th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.12 | |
1994 | African Junior Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 400 m | 53.59 |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.15 | |||
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:45.41 | |||
World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 400 m | 51.97 | |
14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:49.16 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 7th | 400 m | 52.21 | |
– | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |||
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 25th (h) | 400 m | 51.79 |
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.85 | |||
Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | 400 m | 50.50 | |
All-Africa Games | Harare, Zimbabwe | 3rd | 400 m | 51.53 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 13th (sf) | 400 m | 51.40 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.04 | |||
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 53.33 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 13th (sf) | 400 m | 51.44 | |
7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.04 | |||
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 8th (sf) | 400 m | 50.40 |
All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2nd | 400 m | 50.34 | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 20th (qf) | 400 m | 51.87 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:23.80 | |||
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.16 |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 51.38 |
All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 8th | 400 m | 52.77 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.76 |
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Summer Universiade champions in women's 400 metres
- 1967: Elisabeth Östberg (SWE)
- 1970: Maria Sykora (AUT)
- 1973: Nadezhda Kolesnikova (URS)
- 1975: Pirjo Häggman (FIN)
- 1977: Rosalyn Bryant (USA)
- 1979: Mariya Kulchunova (URS)
- 1981: Irina Baskakova (URS)
- 1983: Mariya Pinigina (URS)
- 1985: Tatyana Alekseyeva (URS)
- 1987: Denean Howard (USA)
- 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
- 1991: Maicel Malone (USA)
- 1993: Michelle Collins (USA)
- 1995: Olabisi Afolabi (NGR)
- 1997: Allison Curbishley (GBR)
- 1999: Ionela Târlea (ROU)
- 2001: Demetria Washington (USA)
- 2003: Tatyana Firova (RUS)
- 2005: Natalya Nazarova (RUS)
- 2007: Olga Tereshkova (KAZ)
- 2009: Fatou Bintou Fall (SEN)
- 2011: Olga Topilskaya (RUS)
- 2013: Kseniya Ustalova (RUS)
- 2015: Justine Palframan (RSA)
- 2017: Małgorzata Hołub (POL)
- 2019: Paola Morán (MEX)
- 2021: Marlie Viljoen (RSA)
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