Gloria “Glory” Alozie Oluchi (born 30 December 1977 in Amator,

Abia State Abia State ( ig, Ȯha Abia) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, it is bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Enugu, and Ebonyi, Imo State to the west, Cross River State to the east, Akwa Ibom State to the ...

) is a Nigerian-born Spanish track and field athlete competing mostly in hurdling. The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a global international event (placing second on five occasions). While representing Nigeria she became African champion twice, and she was at a time the African record and Commonwealth record holder at

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

.Minshull, Phil (1998)
Alozie after further glory on African soil
. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-12. On 6 July 2001 she officially became a Spanish citizen and she won the gold medal at the

2002 European Athletics Championships The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany. Men's results Track 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 1 Dwain Chambers originally won the 100 m in 9.96 and was p ...

the year after.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alozie, Glory 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Abia State Spanish female hurdlers Spanish female sprinters Nigerian female hurdlers Nigerian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Spain Olympic silver medalists for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Nigerian emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics Spanish sportspeople of African descent Spanish people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent