Obinna Eregbu (born 9 November 1969 in Owerri,

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) is a retired

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n athlete who competed in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. His name, Obinna, means "''Father´s heart''".Meaning of Obinna in Nigerian.name
/ref> He is best known for his gold medal at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

. His personal best jump was 8.22 metres, achieved in the qualifying round of the 1994 Commonwealth Games. This ranks him fifth among Nigerian long jumpers, behind

Yusuf Alli Yusuf Alli (born 28 July 1960 in Lagos) is a retired Nigerian long jumper, and three-time Olympian. He is best known for his gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. His personal best is 8.27 metres, achieved at the 1989 African Championship ...

(8.27 m),

Charlton Ehizuelen Charlton Ehizuelen (born 30 November 1953) is a Nigerian former track and field athlete who competed in the long jump and triple jump. He set personal bests of and for the events, respectively. The latter mark from 1975 remains the Nigerian ind ...

(8.26 indoor),

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, sim ...

(8.25) and

George Ogbeide George Ogbeide (born 4 August 1968 in Lagos) is a retired Nigerian long jumper. He won the silver medal at the 1991 Summer Universiade and the gold at the 1991 All-Africa Games. Ogbeide finished fourth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1991 Worl ...

(8.24)

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1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Owerri Nigerian male long jumpers Igbo sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Nigeria Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade 20th-century Nigerian people 21st-century Nigerian people Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub