Falilat Ogunkoya

Falilat Ogunkoya

Personal information
Born	5 December 1968
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for  Nigeria Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4x400 m Relay 1996 Atlanta 400 m

Falilat Ogunkoya (born 5 December 1968 in Ode Lemo, Ogun State)^[1] is a Nigerian former track and field athlete.

Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in the 200 m. In 1995 at the Zimbabwe Games she won the silver in the 400 m, and at the 1999 Games in South Africa she won a gold medal in the 400 m.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal in the 400 m, behind Marie-José Pérec of France and Cathy Freeman of Australia, in a personal best and African record of 49.10, which is currently the twelfth fastest of all time.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	200m	23.11 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.13
1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya	2nd	100 m	11.43
			2nd	200 m	22.95

References

1. Biography. Official website. Retrieved on 2014-01-12.

• Falilat Ogunkoya profile at IAAF
• Tilastopaja profile for Falilat Ogunkoya
• Sports Reference