Adeseye "Seye" Akinola Ogunlewe (born 30 August 1991) is a Nigerian

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sprinter who specialises in the

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. He was a finalist in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m at the

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. He won the 100 m at the Nigerian Championships in 2015 and 2016. He was born in

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, the last child of Adeseye and Kemi Ogunlewe. He attended Atlantic Hall School, Epe. He initially started out playing football but was advised to sprint by his teacher. He moved to

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in 2008 and won the Irish Schools Championships in 2009 and 2010. Ireland and Nigeria were in a race to get him to represent them at the World Junior Championships in 2010. He however eventually missed the championships. He is a Law and Politics graduate of the

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. He placed second in the 60 m at the

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(

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) Indoor championships in 2011 behind

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. He remained the second-place finisher in 2012 and 2013 but eventually won the title in 2014. He was also the 2013 BUCS champion in the 100 m. In 2014, he was not successful in defending his title as he placed second behind

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. Ogunlewe represented his country at the

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, running in the 200 m. He finished 4th in his heat and did not progress to the semifinals. He ran the anchor leg for Nigeria in the 4 × 100 m final at the 2015 Brazzaville African Games. The team finished second but were eventually disqualified for a faulty baton change. He also reached the final in the individual 100 m. At the 2016 Nigerian Championships, he successfully defended his national title. He won the 100 m in a personal best of 10.12 s ahead of

Divine Oduduru Ejowvokoghene Divine Oduduru (born 7 October 1996) is a Nigerian sprinter specializing in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash. He holds personal bests of 9.86 seconds for the 100 m and 19.73 seconds for the 200 m. The latter is a Niger ...

and Ogho-oghene Egwero, and thereby qualified for the Rio Olympic Games. After the championships, he used social media to lament the insufficient support of athletes by Nigerian organisations. In 2019 he improved on his best time by recording a new personal record of 10.11.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogunlewe, Seye Living people 1991 births Athletes from Lagos Nigerian male sprinters Nigerian expatriates in England Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Alumni of the University of Essex Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medalists for Nigeria 21st-century Nigerian people