- Innocent Egbunike
Innocent Egbunike (born
November 30 ,1961 ) is a former sprinter fromNigeria who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. He finished sixth in the final of the individual400 metres contest.Four years later in Seoul he placed fifth.
In addition he won a
400 metres silver medal at the 1987 World Championships.He also won the
200 metres gold medal at the1983 Summer Universiade in a personal best of 20.42 seconds; this followed by him running in the 200 metre final at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, where he finished 6th in a world class field.He also won the soviet 100 metres in 1983.
Two years later at the
1985 Summer Universiade he won the 400 metres. On regional level he won the 1987 All-Africa Games as well as three gold medals at the African Championships.Friend of NFL star
Christian Okoye .Personal bests
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100 metres - 10.15 s (1984)
*200 metres - 20.42 s (1983)
*400 metres - 44.17 s (1987) [Commonwealth Record]
*800 metres - 1.51.1 min (1986)External links
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