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Falilat Ogunkoya

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Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku (born 5 December 1968 in Ode Lemo, Ogun State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian former track and field athlete who holds the distinction of becoming the first Nigerian to win an individual track and field medal at the Olympic Games. 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 Nairobi she won the silver medal in the 200 m. In 1995 at the All Africa Games in Harare she won the silver in the 400 m, and at the 1999 Games in Johannesburg she won a gold medal in the 400 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Falilat Ogunkoya is the 4,457th most popular athlete (down from 4,353rd in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 181st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Nigerian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Falilat Ogunkoya ranks 4,457 out of 6,025. Before her are Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Andrija Zlatić, Grant Holloway, and Alina Talay. After her are Dylan Armstrong, Luciana Diniz, Andreas Birnbacher, Michele Didoni, Matic Osovnikar, and Lance Deal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Falilat Ogunkoya ranks 912. Before her are Dilip Joshi, Erik Weihenmayer, Walter Henrique de Oliveira, Ravi Teja, Joy Fawcett, and Scott Pruitt. After her are Shelby Lynne, Hiromi Suzuki, Carrie Ann Inaba, Stacey Augmon, Nina Paley, and Duncan Armstrong.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Falilat Ogunkoya ranks 182 out of 309. Before her are Olubayo Adefemi (1985), Ademola Okulaja (1975), Paul Onuachu (1994), Deji Aliu (1975), Ogenyi Onazi (1992), and Christian Obodo (1984). After her are Florence Ekpo-Umoh (1977), Jaycee John Okwunwanne (1985), Solomon Okoronkwo (1987), Dickson Etuhu (1982), Derick Ogbu (1990), and Henry Onyekuru (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In Nigeria

Among athletes born in Nigeria, Falilat Ogunkoya ranks 12. Before her are Sunday Bada (1969), Gloria Kemasuode (1979), Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (1968), Charity Opara (1972), Olapade Adeniken (1969), and Deji Aliu (1975). After her are Florence Ekpo-Umoh (1977), Jude Monye (1973), Clement Chukwu (1973), Samuel Francis (1987), Fatima Yusuf (1971), and Uchenna Emedolu (1976).

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