Uchenna Emedolu (born 17 September 1976, in Adazi-Ani) is a retired

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n athlete who specialised in short-distance sprints, particularly the

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and the

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.Athlete biography: Uchenna Emedolu
beijing2008.cn, ret: 25 Aug 2008 In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the

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where he finished second. This ranks him ninth in Nigeria, behind

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, Seun Ogunkoya,

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, Raymond Ekevwo and

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/ref> Emedolu participated in the

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and

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. In 2004 he achieved a semi-final place in the individual 100 metres. Together with

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and

he won the bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay. The 2008 Summer Olympics in

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were less successful. In the individual event he did only finish in fourth place in the first rounds heat 10.46 seconds and was eliminated. In the 4x100 metres relay he, together with Onyeabor Ngwogu, Obinna Metu and Chinedu Oriala did not finish the race in the heats due to a mistake.

Statistics

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF Profile.

References

External links

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IAAF "Focus on Athletes" article

__NOTOC__ 1976 births Living people Nigerian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Nigeria Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games 20th-century Nigerian people 21st-century Nigerian people Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria {{Nigeria-Olympic-medalist-stub