Team Nigeria have been at 16 Olympic Games and won 25 medals.
David Izonritei and Richard Igbineghu won silver medals in the men’s heavyweight and men’s super-heavyweight categories while men and women’s relay teams won medals in the 4×100m relay races.
Chioma Ajunwa won the country’s first-ever gold medal in the women’s Long Jump event on July 29, 1996, with her very first jump. The women’s 4x400m relay team won a silver; while there were more personal triumphs in Athletics. Falilat Ogunkoya came third in the women’s 400m; Mary Onyali also came third in the women’s 200m while Duncan Dokiwari won Nigeria’s almost customary medal in boxing in the men’s super-heavyweight class.
Gloria Alozie won a silver in the 100m hurdles while Ruth Ogbeifo won Nigeria’s first-ever medal in weightlifting.The centenary games in 2004 in Greece was an all-men affair as the quartets in the 100m and 400m relay teams achieved bronze finishes. Olusoji Fasuba, Uchenna Emedolu, Aaron Egbele, and Deji Aliu made up the 100m relay team while Enefiok Udo-Obong, for the second consecutive Games, picked up a medal with James Godday, Musa Audu, and Saul Weigopwa.
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