Oludamola Osayomi
Track and field athlete, Olympic athlete
1986 –
Who is Oludamola Osayomi?
Oludamola Bolanle Osayomi is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Olympic bronze medal with Nigeria in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also won the 100 and 200 m sprints at the 2007 All-Africa Games.
Her personal best for the 100 m is 10.99 seconds, set in São Paulo in 2011. She studied business administration at the University of Texas at El Paso and represented the school athletically in 2006. She was the original winner of the 100 m at the 2010 Commonwealth Games but was stripped of her title and banned after her doping test came back positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine.
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- Born
- Jun 26, 1986
Ilesa - Also known as
- Осайоми, Олудамола
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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