Davidson Ezinwa (born 22 November 1971) is a former sprinter from

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. He won a silver medal at the

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as well as a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships, both in

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. He also won a

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silver medal at the 1997 World Indoor Championships. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.94 seconds, although he has recorded 9.91 s, albeit with a doubtful wind reading of -2.3 m/s which is an unlikely weather condition for records. In any case his result ranks him second in Nigeria, behind Olusoji Fasuba, and fifth in Africa, behind

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, Fasuba and

Frankie Fredericks Frank "Frankie" Fredericks (born 2 October 1967) is a former track and field athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games (two in 1992 and two in 1996), making him Namibia's only ...

.Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)
- GBR Athletics His personal best

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time is 20.30 seconds, from 1990. Ezinwa established a new World junior record in the 100-meter dash in 1990 (10.05), breaking Stanley Floyd's ten-year-old record (10.07). Ezinwa's record was not broken until 2003, when

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ran a 10.01 100-meter dash. He is the identical twin brother of

Osmond Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa (born 22 November 1971) is a former sprinter from Nigeria. Together with Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu and Davidson Ezinwa he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. He ...

. Both attended the Christian university

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. Davidson Ezinwa tested positive for doping twice; for

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in February 1996, and together with Osmond for hCG in 1999.

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