- Osmond Ezinwa
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Medal record Men's athletics Olympic Games Silver 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m relay World Championships Silver 1997 Athens 4x100 m relay Osmond Ezinwa (born 22 November 1971) is a former sprinter from Nigeria. Together with Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu and Davidson Ezinwa he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics.
He is the younger twin brother of Davidson Ezinwa. Both attended the Christian university Azusa Pacific University.
Osmond Ezinwa tested positive for ephedrine in February 1996.[1]
Personal bests
- 100 metres - 10.05 (1996)
- 200 metres - 20.56 (1997)
References
- IAAF profile for Osmond Ezinwa
- ^ BBC (25 August 1999). "Two disqualified over drugs". BBC News. http://72.14.221.104/search?q=cache:gWqvVAD3lxgJ:news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/world_athletics/429525.stm+Two+athletes+have+been+disqualified+from+the+World+Athletics+championships+after+testing+positive+for+banned+substances&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1. Retrieved 2007-02-09. (Google cached version)
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- Nigerian sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Igbo athletes
- Doping cases in athletics
- Nigerian sportspeople in doping cases
- Twin people from Nigeria
- Azusa Pacific University alumni
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Nigerian athletics biography stubs
- Nigerian Olympic medalist stubs
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