Alaba Akintola
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| Full name | Alaba Akintola Olukunle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "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.
Categories:
- 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)