Omolara Omotosho (born 25 May 1993 in

Akure Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital and largest city of Ondo State. The city had a population of 403,000 as at the 2006 population census. History Pre 1914 Rock engravings dating back to the Mesolithic period, hav ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. She represented Nigeria at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Her personal best in the event is 51.28 seconds (Calabar 2012).

Competition record

¹ Disqualified in the final.
² Disqualified in the semifinals.

References

1993 births Living people Yoruba sportswomen Nigerian female sprinters People from Akure Olympic female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Nigerian women {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub