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Competitor for  Nigeria |
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| Gold | 2008 Valencia | 60 m | |
Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba (born July 9, 1984) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.[1]
He was a member of the Nigerian bronze medal winning team in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Olympic Games. The same year he won the African Championships on 100 metres.
In early 2006 he finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships and second at the Commonwealth Games. He then established a new African record with 9.85 seconds from the Doha Grand Prix in May, breaking Frankie Fredericks' old record of 9.86 s from 1996. Despite having injury problems throughout the season, Fasuba defended his regional title at the 2006 African Championships. For his 2006 achievements the The Athletics Federation of Nigeria chose him as the Nigerian Male Athlete of the Year. [2]
On August 26, 2007, he finished fourth at the 2007 World Championships with 10.07 seconds. Fasuba won the World Indoor Championships 60m sprint on March 8, 2008 in a time of 6.51 seconds. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 2nd in his heat after Tyson Gay in a time of 10.29 seconds. He qualified for the second round in which he improved his time to 10.21 seconds. However, he was unable to qualify for the semi finals as he finished in 4th place after Richard Thompson, Gay and Martial Mbandjock.[1]
References
- IAAF profile for Olusoji Fasuba
- ^ a b Athlete biography: Olusoji Fasuba, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008
- ^ Negash, Elshadai (10 December 2006). "Fasuba, Otonye are Nigerian athletes of the year", IAAF. Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
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