Gloria Kemasuode

Gloria Kemasuode (born 30 December 1979) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/227491.shtml Athlete biography: Gloria Kemasuode] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008]

Kemasuode represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay together with Agnes Osazuwa, 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 after Russia and Belgium.

Achievements

Personal bests

*60 metres - 7.48 s (2005)
*100 metres - 11.21 s (2002)
*200 metres - 23.26 s (2006)

References