Falilat Ogunkoya

Olympic athlete

1968 –

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Who is Falilat Ogunkoya?

Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.

Falilat attended Mississippi State University from 1987-1992 and graduated with a degree in Education. She was inducted to the Hall of fame in 1998 after she became the first person in school history to win an Olympic medal. In her collegiate years at MSU, she made All-American honors several times in the 100, 200 and 400 meters.

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 Kenya she won the silver medal in the 200 m. In 1995 at the Zimbabwe Games she won the silver in the 400 m, and at the 1999 Games in South Africa she won a gold medal in the 400 m.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal in the 400 m, behind Marie-José Pérec of France and Cathy Freeman of Australia, in a personal best and African record of 49.10, which is currently the twelfth fastest of all time.

In her own words:

After the 1986 World junior Championship, I was awarded a track and field scholarship to Mississippi State University. As a collegian in the USA, I ran the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters in the Southeastern Conference. I raced against the likes of Bahamian's Pauline Davis and America's Gwen Torrence. I was a 7-time All American at Mississippi State University.

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Born
Dec 5, 1968
Nigeria
Nationality
  • Nigeria

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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