Sunday Uti

Sunday Uti (born 23 October 1962) is a former Nigerian sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. He finished sixth in the final of the individual 400 metres contest.

In addition he won the gold medal at the 1983 Summer Universiade, and a bronze medal in 1985. He also took the silver medal at the 1984 African Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
Representing Nigeria
1983	World Student Games	Edmonton, Canada	1st	400 metres
1984	African Championships	Rabat, Morocco	2nd	400 metres
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	3rd	4x400 m relay
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	6th	400 metres
1985	World Student Games	Kobe, Japan	3rd	400 metres

References

Sunday Uti profile at IAAF

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 400 m

1959: Viktor Šnajder (YUG)
1961: Josef Trousil (TCH)
1963: Adrian Metcalfe (GBR)
1965: Sergio Bello (ITA)
1967: Ingo Röper (FRG)
1970: Tom Ulan (USA)
1973: Alberto Juantorena (CUB)
1975: Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL)
1977: Alfons Brijdenbach (BEL)
1979: Harald Schmid (FRG)
1981: Cliff Wiley (USA)
1983: Sunday Uti (NGR)
1985: Innocent Egbunike (NGR)
1987: Michael Franks (USA)
1989: Roberto Hernández (CUB)
1991: Patrick O'Connor (JAM)
1993: Ibrahim Hassan (GHA)
1995: Eswort Coombs (VIN)
1997: Clement Chukwu (NGR)
1999: Jerome Davis (USA)
2001: Andrew Pierce (USA)
2003: Andriy Tverdostup (UKR)
2005: Marvin Essor (JAM)
2007: Sean Wroe (AUS)
2009: Yuzo Kanemaru (JPN)
2011: Marcell Deák-Nagy (HUN)
2013: Vladimir Krasnov (RUS)
2015: Luguelín Santos (DOM)

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