Oludamola Bolanle ("Damola") Osayomi (born 26 June 1986 in

Ilesha Ilesa () is an ancient town located in the Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic kingdom (also known as Ijesha) centred on that village. The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ij ...

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) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the

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and

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. She is a four-time gold medallist at the

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and won an Olympic silver medal with Nigeria in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also won the 100 and 200 m sprints at the

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. Her personal best for the 100 m is 10.99 seconds, set in

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in 2011. She studied business administration at the

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and represented the school in athletics in 2006. She was the original winner of the 100 m at the

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but was stripped of her title and banned after her doping test came back positive for the stimulant

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Career

Osayomi's first international appearance for Nigeria came at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics where she was a semi-finalist in both the 100 m and

. She began to compete in senior competitions the following year as part of the Nigerian 4×100 metres relay team. On her Olympic debut, her team came seventh in the women's final at the

2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and the team repeated that position at the

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the next year. Osayomi proved herself individually at the

by taking a 100/200 m gold medal double before helping the relay team to the silver medal. On her world 100 m debut at the

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, she made her way into the final round (finishing eighth) and set a personal best of 11.15 seconds in the heats.Osayomi Oludamola
IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-14. The Nigerian women did not reach the relay final on that occasion. She opened the 2008 indoor season with a personal best of 7.19 seconds in the

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and went on finish sixth in the final of that event at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships. At the

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she became a double continental champion, winning golds in the 100 m individual and relay races, as well as taking a bronze medal in the 200 m. Two personal bests came at that year's Nigerian Championships, as she claimed the 100 m title in 11.08 seconds (also a meet record) and won the 200 m in 22.74 seconds (half a second ahead of runner-up

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). This gained her the opportunity to represent Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. She was a 100 m semi-finalist and a 200 m quarter-finalist. Together with Kemasuode,

Agnes Osazuwa Agnes Osazuwa (born 26 June 1989 in Benin City, Edo) is a female track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.

and Ene Franca Idoko she also took part in the 4×100 m relay. In their first round heat they placed fourth and reached the final as the fastest non-qualifiers. Osazuwa was replaced with

Halimat Ismaila Halimat Oyinoza Ismaila (born 3 July 1984 in Ilorin, Kwara) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who won a bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

for the final team and they sprinted to a time of 43.04 seconds, taking third place and a bronze medal behind

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and Belgium. In 2016, the Russian team was disqualified and stripped of their gold medal due to doping violations by one of the Russian runners,

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, thereby promoting Nigeria to the silver medal position. She was not in the same form in the 2009 season; she was eliminated in the heats stage of the sprints and relay at the

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and her season's bests of 11.31 and 23.41 seconds, both set at the

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, were much slower than the previous year. In 2011, her fastest times of the year came at the

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, where she won the 200 m, took the 100 m bronze, and set a Championships record in the relay alongside

Blessing Okagbare Blessing Oghnewresem Okagbare-Otegheri (born 9 October 1988) is a former Nigerian track and field athlete who specialized in Long jump and sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medalist in the long jump, and a world medalist in th ...

. She was selected to represent Africa at the

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and following a fifth place in the 200 m, she won a relay bronze medal in a team comprising the top four 100 m runners from the African Championships (Gabon's Ruddy Zang Milama and her compatriots Osazuwa and Okagbare). At the

in New Delhi, Osayomi won the women's 100 metres but lost her gold medal after her B sample tested positive for

, which has only been recently added to the

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's prohibited list. Ironically, before being banned she had said: "I don't know why they allow people to participate in the competition if they cannot follow the rules."

Achievements

Personal bests

- 7.19 s (2008, indoor) *

- 10.99 s (2011, São Paulo (IDCM)) *

- 22.74 s (2008, Abuja)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osayomi, Oludamola 1986 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Nigerian sportspeople in doping cases Olympic athletes of Nigeria Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria Yoruba sportswomen People from Ilesha UTEP Miners women's track and field athletes Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Nigerian women

Career

Achievements

Personal bests

See also

References

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