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Kemi Adekoya

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Oluwakemi "Kemi" Adekoya (born 16 January 1993 in Lagos) is a Nigerian-born track and field athlete who competes for Bahrain. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles and has a personal best of 53.39 seconds – a Bahraini and Asian record. In January 2019, it was reported that Adekoya tested positive for an illegal steroid stanozolol in an out-of-competition test in November 2018 and was provisionally suspended. All of her results achieved after 24 August 2018 were also stripped. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kemi Adekoya is the 6,735th most popular athlete (up from 7,246th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 298th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Nigerian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kemi Adekoya ranks 6,735 out of 6,025. Before her are Jenny Jones, Kazuma Tomoto, Jack Laugher, Asha Philip, Marta Wieliczko, and Simona Radiș. After her are Christian Malcolm, Peter Taylor, Gianluca Galassi, Zhang Yangyang, Rebeka Koha, and Zoltán Lévai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Kemi Adekoya ranks 1,164. Before her are Erick Torres Padilla, Artur Pikk, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Takahiro Tanaka, Yuya Yamagishi, and Hirohito Shinohara. After her are Larissa Oliveira, Annette Duetz, Luciano Romero, Katy Marchant, Hiromi Nakashima, and Aubrey Peeples.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Kemi Adekoya ranks 294 out of 309. Before her are Femi Opabunmi (1985), Chidozie Awaziem (1997), Aminat Yusuf Jamal (1997), Azubuike Okechukwu (1997), Frank Onyeka (1998), and Chinwendu Ihezuo (1997). After her are Efe Ambrose (1988), Onyekachi Okonkwo (1982), Chika Chukwumerije (1983), Odunayo Adekuoroye (1993), Fanendo Adi (1990), and Eniola Aluko (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Nigeria

Among athletes born in Nigeria, Kemi Adekoya ranks 33. Before her are James Godday (1984), Agnes Osazuwa (1989), Mariam Usman (1990), Ezinne Okparaebo (1988), Olusoji Fasuba (1984), and Aminat Yusuf Jamal (1997). After her are Chika Chukwumerije (1983), Ayomide Folorunso (1996), Yvonne Losos de Muñiz (1967), Saul Weigopwa (1984), Morolake Akinosun (1994), and Olufunke Oshonaike (1974).

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