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Nigeria At The 1984 Summer Olympics
Nigeria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Medalists Results by event Athletics Men's 400 metres * Sunday Uti :* Heat — 45.74 :* Quarterfinals — 45.01 :* Semifinals — 44.83 :* Final — 44.93 (→ 6th place) * Innocent Egbunike :* Heat — 46.63 :* Quarterfinals — 45.26 :* Semifinals — 45.16 :* Final — 45.35 (→ 7th place) Men's 400 m Hurdles * Henry Amike Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Isiaq Adeyanju *Eseme Ikpoto *Samson Oyeledun *Chidi Imoh * Lawrence Adegbeingbe Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *Sunday Uti * Moses Ugbisien *Rotimi Peters *Innocent Egbunike Men's Long Jump * Yusuf Alli :* Qualification — 7.82m :* Final — 7.78m (→ 9th place) * Jubobaraye Kio :* Qualification — 7.76m :* Final — 7.57m (→ 12th place) Men's Triple Jump * Ajayi Agbebaku :* Final — 16.67m (→ 7th place) * Joseph Taiwo * Paul Emordi Women's Marathon *Ifeoma Mbanugo :* Final — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria Olympic Committee
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is the National Olympic Committee for Nigeria, responsible for co-ordinating and supporting Nigerian competitors in the Olympic Games. It is also the body responsible for Nigeria's representation at the Commonwealth Games. Leadership The President of the NOC as of 2011 was Sani Ndanusa who had been Minister of Sports from 17 December 2008 to 17 March 2010. Ndanusa first said he aspired to become NOC President when he was Minister of Sports, but in November 2009 the NOC screening committee disqualified him on the basis that documents he had submitted were allegedly "forged, altered and not dated". To be eligible for NOC President a candidate has to have served for four years in an executive position in an international sports federation. The NOC said that Ndanusa had not yet served for four years as vice-president of the Confederation of African Tennis, and alleged that his election as President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation was invalid sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Ugbisien
Moses Omote Ugbisien (born 11 December 1964) is a Nigerian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Ugbisien is from the Delta State in Nigeria and is of Yoruban ancestry. He competed for Nigeria in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Sunday Uti, Rotimi Peters and Innocent Egbunike. He also competed for Nigeria in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ... in Seoul, South Korea. External links Sports Reference 1964 births Living people Nigerian male sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Zuñiga
Rafael Zuñiga Medrano (born May 6, 1963 in Bolívar) is a retired Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Featherweight division. Zuñiga won the bronze medal in the same weight category a year earlier at the 1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the .... References sports-reference 1963 births Living people Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Colombia Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Boxers at the 1983 Pan American Games Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics People from Bolívar Department Colombian male boxers Pan American Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Colombian people {{Colombia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Faki
Ali Faki (born 20 March 1964) is a Malawian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1964 births Living people Malawian male boxers Olympic boxers for Malawi Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Featherweight boxers {{Malawi-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Konyegwachie
Peter Konyegwachie (MON born 26 November 1965 in Lagos) was a Nigerian boxer. He hails from Ogwashi-Uku. The town that also produced another sport (football) great, Austin "Jay Jay" Okocha.The town is the headquarters of Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. He attended Adaigbo Secondary School. At the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ... he won Nigeria's first ever silver medal in the men's Featherweight (54–57 kg) category. Konyegwachie became professional in 1986 and won his first 15 fights prior to getting stopped by a journeyman in 1990. He retired after the bout at 15-1-0. External links * 1965 births Living people Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers of Nigeria Boxers at the 1984 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor López (boxer)
Héctor López Colín (February 1, 1967 – October 24, 2011) was a Mexican professional boxer. He challenged for the WBC lightweight title in 1993 and the WBO light welterweight title twice between 1995 and 1999. At regional level he held the WBC- NABF light welterweight title twice between 1992 and 1993, and the WBO- NABO light welterweight title between 1996 and 1997. As an amateur he represented Mexico at the 1984 Olympics, winning a silver medal in the bantamweight division. Amateur career López, who was born in Mexico City, was a Mexican National Amateur Champion. During the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the Bantamweight Silver Medal, at seventeen years old Héctor was the youngest boxer in the whole Olympics. Olympic results Below are the results of Hector Lopez, a Mexican bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: *Round of 32: Defeated Johny Asadoma (Indonesia) KO 3 *Round of 16: Defeated Joe Orewa (Nigeria) on points *Quarterfinal: Defeated Nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanchai Pongsri
Wanchai Pongsri ( th, วันชัย ผ่องศรี; born 6 November 1963) is a Thai boxer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1963 births Living people Wanchai Pongsri Wanchai Pongsri Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1982 Asian Games Boxers at the 1986 Asian Games Wanchai Pongsri Wanchai Pongsri Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in boxing Bantamweight boxers Wanchai Pongsri {{Thailand-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Orewa
Joseph “Joe” Orewa, also known as King Cobra (born 12 June 1960) is a Nigerian boxer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in the bantamweight class.Profile: Joe Orewa ''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 22 January 2014) He won a gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ... in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Usifo
Maria Usifo (born 1 August 1964) is Nigerian athlete and former Olympian who represented Nigeria at Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988) Olympic Games. She specialized in the 100 and 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a .... She is one of the female athletes in Nigerian sports history who dominated athletic events both at national and international levels. Career in sports Usifo started her career in sports in Nigeria in the 1970s when the school sports system was functional. She was a former hurdler and quarter-miler whose athletic opened opportunities for her to choose from 10 foreign universities after her outstanding performance at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia in 1982. She participated in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ifeoma Mbanugo
Ifeoma Mbanugo (born 3 March 1952) is a Nigerian long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1952 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Nigerian female long-distance runners Nigerian female marathon runners Olympic athletes for Nigeria Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Nigerian women {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Emordi
Paul Azuka Emordi (born 25 December 1965) is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the long jump and triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th .... His personal best in long jump was 8.25 metres, achieved in June 1987 in Baton Rouge. This ranks him third among Nigerian long jumpers, only behind Yusuf Alli (8.27 m) and Charlton Ehizuelen (8.26 indoor) Achievements See also * List of champions of Africa of athletics External links * sports-reference 1965 births Living people Nigerian male long jumpers Nigerian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Taiwo
Joseph Taiwo (born 24 August 1959) is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the triple jump. His personal best was 17.22 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Bauchi. This ranks him second among Nigerian triple jumpers, behind Ajayi Agbebaku, and fifth in Africa, behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa, Agbebaku, Khotso Mokoena and Andrew Owusu. He is the father of American decathlete Jeremy Taiwo Jeremy Taiwo (born January 15, 1990, in Ballard, Washington) is an American decathlete. His father, Joseph Taiwo, is a Nigerian former triple jumper who competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. His mother Irene is Colombian and a lawyer .... Achievements References External links * 1959 births Living people Nigerian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Nigeria African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |