Faith Idehen (born 5 February 1973) is a retired female sprinter from

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. At the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

she, together with

Beatrice Utondu Beatrice Utondu (born 23 November 1969) is a former sprinter from Nigeria who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. She specialized in the 100 metres event, setting her personal best of 11.40 seconds during th ...

, Christy Opara Thompson and Mary Onyali, won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay. Idehen attended the

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on a track scholarship. She is married to fellow track athlete

Festus Igbinoghene Festus Igbinoghene (born 21 October 1969) is a Nigerian athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He attended Mississippi State University as a long jumper and triple jumper. Igbinoghene won five SEC titles i ...

and they have a son, Noah Igbinoghene, who is a

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player.

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* 1973 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Nigeria Alabama Crimson Tide women's track and field athletes Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Nigerian women 21st-century Nigerian women Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{Nigeria-Olympic-medalist-stub