Evelyn Adiru (born 25 May 1964) is a former

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

n middle-distance runner who specialised in the

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and

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events. She won gold medal in 800 metres at the

1982 African Championships in Athletics The 1982 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt between 25 and 28 August. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table See also * 1982 in athletics (track and field) External linksResults– GBR Athletics ...

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. She also competed for Uganda in the

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in the same event, but did not progress to the finals. Adiru was a member of the University of Alabama track and field team from 1984 to 1989. Later, she settled in Ontario, Canada with her Ugandan husband. Adiru's daughter, Sura Yekka, is a member of the University of Michigan women's soccer team and the

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* * 1964 births Living people Ugandan female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda Olympic athletes for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda African Games bronze medalists for Uganda African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Alabama Crimson Tide men's track and field athletes Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in the United States Ugandan emigrants to Canada 20th-century Ugandan women 20th-century Ugandan people 21st-century Ugandan women 21st-century Ugandan people Sportspeople from Kampala {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub