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Agnes Osazuwa (born 26 June 1989 in Benin City, Edo) is a female track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.[1]

Agnes Osazuwa

Personal information
Born	(1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 32) Benin City, Edo

Osazuwa represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay together with Gloria Kemasuode, Oludamola Osayomi and Ene Franca Idoko she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their first round heat they placed fourth behind Belgium, Great Britain and Brazil. Their time of 43.43 seconds was the best non-directly qualifying time and the sixth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they replaced Osazuwa with Halimat Ismaila. They sprinted to a time of 43.04 seconds, a third place and a bronze medal behind Russia and Belgium.[1] In 2016, the Russian team was disqualified and stripped of their gold medal due to doping violations by one of the Russian runners, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya, thereby promoting Nigeria to the silver medal position.[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	9th (sf)	100m	11.68 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	45.30
	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.04 s

References

External links

• Agnes Osazuwa at World Athletics
• Agnes Osazuwa at the International Olympic Committee
• Agnes Osazuwa at Olympics.com
• Agnes Osazuwa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Agnes Osazuwa at NBC Olympics website

На других языках

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- [en] Agnes Osazuwa

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[fr] Agnes Osazuwa

Agnes Osazuwa (née le 26 juin 1989 à Benin City) est une athlète nigériane spécialiste du 100 mètres et du 200 mètres. Elle fut médaillée de bronze aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008 à Pékin lors du relais 4 × 100 mètres.

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[it] Agnes Osazuwa

Agnes Osazuwa (Benin City, 26 giugno 1989) è una velocista nigeriana.

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