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Amaka Ogoegbunam

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Country
  
Nigeria

Sport
  
Track and field


Name
  
Amaka Ogoegbunam

Events
  
400 metres hurdles

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Born
  
3 March 1990 (age 34) (
1990-03-03
)

Nigerian trials 2015 amaka ogoegbunam retains her national 400m hurdles title in 55 78s


Amaka Ogoegbunam (born 3 March 1990) is a Nigerian sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.

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Doping ban

Ogoegbunam tested positive for the anabolic steroid metenolone at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships in sample collected on 31 July 2009. Before the analyse of the sample was completed she competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, where she also tested positive for the same steroid in a sample collected on 18 August. She subsequently received a 3-year doping ban from sports, at the age of 19. The ban ended 30 July 2012.

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Amaka Ogoegbunam Wikipedia