Name Uchenna Emedolu | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Similar People Deji Aliu, Olusoji Fasuba, Coby Miller, Darren Campbell, Shawn Crawford | ||
2003 Mens 100m 1/4 Final World Athletic Championships Paris Video by Jerry Walsh
Uchenna Emedolu (born 17 September 1976 in Adazi-Ani) is a retired Nigerian athlete who specialised in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second. This ranks him sixth in Nigeria, behind Olusoji Fasuba, Davidson Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu and Deji Aliu.
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- 2003 Mens 100m 14 Final World Athletic Championships Paris Video by Jerry Walsh
- 100m 1 Ronda Serie 1 Frank Fredericks 1012 Atenas 2004
- Personal bests
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Emedolu participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2004 he achieved a semi-final place in the individual 100 metres. Together with Olusoji Fasuba, Aaron Egbele and Deji Aliu he won the bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were less successful. In the individual event he did only finish in fourth place in the first rounds heat 10.46 seconds and was eliminated. In the 4x100 metres relay he, together with Onyeabor Ngwogu, Obinna Metu and Chinedu Oriala did not finish the race in the heats due to a mistake.