Edidiong Ofinome Odiong (born 13 March 1997) is a Nigerian-born sprinter from Bahrain. She won the 200 m at the

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and qualified in this event for the

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Early life and education

Odiong was born in

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. She attended Wisdom Based Academics High School. While at

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Odiong majored in international affairs.

Athletic career

Odiong won the girls’

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at the 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships (AYAC) in

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. Odioing competed for Nigeria at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Oregon, where she placed 6th in the 400m final and placed 5th along with her teammates in the

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. She competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. From 2020-2022 she competed for the

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References

1997 births Living people Bahraini female sprinters Nigerian emigrants to Bahrain Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Olympic athletes for Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain Asian Games silver medalists for Bahrain Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Florida State Seminoles women's track and field athletes {{Bahrain-athletics-bio-stub