Samson Idiata (born 23 January 1988 in

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) is a Nigerian

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er and

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er. He took the bronze medal at the

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, and later finished fifth at the 2006 African Championships and tenth at the

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. He later switched to long jump. In this event he has finished eighth at the 2010 African Championships. His personal best was 2.15 metres, first achieved in October 2003 in

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and later equalled once. In long jump his personal best is 8.00 metres, achieved in May 2013 in Castellón. He was the gold medallist in the long jump at the

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, but was stripped of this title after failing a drug test for

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. He was banned for four years, until 15 September 2019.IAAF list of sanctioned athletes
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Competition record

References

1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Edo State Nigerian male high jumpers Nigerian male long jumpers Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Nigerian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Nigerian people 21st-century Nigerian people {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub