Alaba Akintola
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| Full name | Alaba Akintola Olukunle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Bachelor of Technology - Federal University of Technology Akure | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 100m & 200m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 100m - 10.04s 200m - 20.26s | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alaba Akintola Olukunle (born 14 September 2001) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competes in the short sprints.[1]
He competed for Nigeria at local and international track and field competitions. Olukunle participated in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games representing Nigeria.[2]
Achievements
Olukunle represented Nigeria at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he won the silver medal in the 100 metres event behind Luke Davids of South Africa.[3][4]
He was part of the team alongside Udodi Onwuzurike, Raymond Ekevwo and Favour Ashe that won bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Alaba Olukunle Akintola". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Alaba Olukunle AKINTOLA | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "FUTA student, Alaba Akintola, wins silver medal". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ admin (18 September 2019). "NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES: FULFILLING MANDATE FOR TALENT DISCOVERY". Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Odeyemi, Joshua (8 August 2022). "FULL LIST: Nigeria's medal winners, events at 2022 Commonwealth Games". Daily Trust. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ IV, Editorial (28 July 2022). "2022CWG: Meet 94 athletes representing Nigeria at 2022 Commonwealth Games *Their sports". Blueprint Newspapers. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Nigerian male sprinters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nigeria
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Nigerian people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)