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

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and is of

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n ancestry. He competed for

in the

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held in

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in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates

Sunday Uti Sunday Uti (born 23 October 1962) is a former Nigerian sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. He finished sixth in the final of the individual 400 metres contest. In addition he won the gold med ...

Rotimi Peters Rotimi Peters is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the 400 & 4x400 meters. He competed for Nigeria in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 meters relay where he won the bronze medal with his t ...

and

Innocent Egbunike Innocent Ejima Egbunike (born 30 November 1961) is a former sprinter from Nigeria. He studied at Azusa Pacific University, where he still holds the school record at 400 metres and the automatically timed NAIA meet record at 200 metres. M ...

. He also competed for

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 ...

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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 athletes for Nigeria Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Universiade silver medalists for Nigeria Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Nigerian people {{Nigeria-Olympic-medalist-stub