Folashade Abugan

Folashade Abugan (born December 17, 1990) is a female Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was the 400 m bronze medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games and improved to the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships, where she set a personal best time of 50.89 seconds. She won gold medals at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships.

She appeared at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and won two silver medals for Nigeria in the 400 m and in 4x400 m relay. However, she was disqualified and banned after failing a drugs test and testing positive for testosterone prohormone in her 'A' sample. She waived the right to have her B sample analysed.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.83
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	8th	400 m	52.87
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.84 AJR
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	400 m	51.44 PB
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.74
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2nd	400 m	50.89 PB
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.07
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	400 m	51.84
2009	African Junior Athletics Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	400 m	52.02 CR
			DQ	4 × 400 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	DQ	400 m
			DQ	4 × 400 m

References

• Folashade Abugan profile at IAAF

1. Commonwealth Games 2010: Third Nigerian tests positive. BBC Sport (2010-10-15). Retrieved on 2010-11-27.