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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 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Kemi Adekoya is the 7,907th most popular athlete (down from 7,229th in 2024), the 356th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 298th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Nigerian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kemi Adekoya ranks 7,907 out of 6,025. Before her are Kazuma Tomoto, Jack Laugher, Asha Philip, Marta Wieliczko, Simona Radiș, and Alicia McCormack. After her are Christian Malcolm, Peter Taylor, Jason Read, Gianluca Galassi, Zhang Yangyang, and Daniel Noonan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Kemi Adekoya ranks 1,312. Before her are Erick Torres Padilla, Artur Pikk, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Takahiro Tanaka, Yuya Yamagishi, and Hirohito Shinohara. After her are Ahmed Fathy, Larissa Oliveira, Annette Duetz, Luciano Romero, Katy Marchant, and Hiromi Nakashima.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Kemi Adekoya ranks 356 out of 309. Before her are Azubuike Okechukwu (1997), Abiola Dauda (1988), Patrick Friday Eze (1992), Frank Onyeka (1998), Faith Michael (1987), and Chinwendu Ihezuo (1997). After her are Chukwuma Akabueze (1989), Yinka Dare (1972), Efe Ambrose (1988), Onyekachi Okonkwo (1982), Chigozie Obioma (null), and Abbas Abubakar Abbas (1996).

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Among ATHLETES In Nigeria

Among athletes born in Nigeria, Kemi Adekoya ranks 38. Before her are Mariam Usman (1990), Margaret Adeoye (1985), Ezinne Okparaebo (1988), Olusoji Fasuba (1984), Faith Idehen (1973), and Aminat Yusuf Jamal (1997). After her are Abbas Abubakar Abbas (1996), Chika Chukwumerije (1983), Ayomide Folorunso (1996), Yvonne Losos de Muñiz (1967), Saul Weigopwa (1984), and Morolake Akinosun (1994).

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