Omotayo Akinremi
Nigerian sprinter and hurdler
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Birth name | Omotayo Akinremi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-09-13) 13 September 1974 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | sprinter and hurdler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Omotayo Akinremi (born 13 September 1974) is a Nigerian former sprinter and hurdler. She competed in local and international competitions in athletics representing Nigeria. She won gold medals at the 1992 and 1993 African Championships in Athletics at 400 metres hurdles, she also won bronze medal at the 1990 event, and during the 1991 All-Africa Games she won bronze medals in the 400m hurdles. Emily also won the 200 metres at the 2000 Oceania Athletics Championships. Furthermore, she participated in the Nigerian 4 × 400 m relay team that won bronze medals at the 1993 Summer Universiade with Olabisi Afolabi, Omolade Akinremi and Onyinye Chikezie.[1][2]
Achievements
World Junior Championships in Athletics
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.56 |
African Championships in Athletics
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Nigeria | |||||
1990 | African Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 3rd | 400 metres hurdles | 57.43 |
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Nigeria | |||||
1992 | African Championships | Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius | 1st | 400 m | 52.53 |
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1993 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 57.59 |
African Games
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1991 | All-Africa Games | Cairo, Egypt | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 58:85 |
Summer Universiade
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 58.47 |
Personal bests
- 400 metres hurdles – 57.59 s (1992)
- 400 metres – 52.53 s (1993)
See also
References
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African Champions in women's 400 metres
- 1979: Grace Bakari (GHA)
- 1982–84: Ruth Atuti (KEN)
- 1985: Kehinde Vaughan (NGR)
- 1988: Airat Bakare (NGR)
- 1989: Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
- 1990: Fatima Yusuf (NGR)
- 1992: Omotayo Akinremi (NGR)
- 1993: Tina Paulino (MOZ)
- 1996: Saidat Onanuga (NGR)
- 1998: Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
- 2000: Claudine Komgang (CMR)
- 2002: Kaltouma Nadjina (CHA)
- 2004: Fatou Bintou Fall (SEN)
- 2006: Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)
- 2008–12: Amantle Montsho (BOT)
- 2014: Folashade Abugan (NGR)
- 2016: Kabange Mupopo (ZAM)
- 2018: Caster Semenya (RSA)
- 2022: Miranda Coetzee (RSA)