Falilat Ogunkoya
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Falilat Ogunkoya (born 5 December 1968 in Ode Lemo, Ogun State)[1] is a Nigerian former track and field athlete.
Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in the 200 m. In 1995 at the Zimbabwe Games she won the silver in the 400 m, and at the 1999 Games in South Africa she won a gold medal in the 400 m.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal in the 400 m, behind Marie-José Pérec of France and Cathy Freeman of Australia, in a personal best and African record of 49.10, which is currently the twelfth fastest of all time.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1987 | All-Africa Games | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | 100 m | 11.43 |
| 2nd | 200 m | 22.95 | |||
References
- Falilat Ogunkoya profile at IAAF
- Tilastopaja profile for Falilat Ogunkoya
- Sports Reference
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ogun State
- Nigerian sprinters
- Female sprinters
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Mississippi State University alumni
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
