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Athletics / Olympic champion
Nigeria’s first Olympic champion
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Chioma Ajunwa won the long jump at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games with a leap of 7.12 metres, becoming Nigeria’s first Olympic champion.
Before her success on the track she played for the Super Falcons at the first FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1991, making her one of the few athletes to represent Nigeria at world level in two sports.
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1980s–2000sAthletics
Olympic bronze (400m) and silver (4×400m relay), Atlanta 1996
Athletics
Olympic bronze, 4×100m relay (1992) and 200m (1996)
2010s–PresentAthletics
World champion and world record (12.12s), Eugene 2022
1990s–2010sFootball
Olympic gold, Atlanta 1996; two-time African Footballer of the Year
1990s–2000sFootball
Africa Cup of Nations winner 1994; Olympic gold, Atlanta 1996
2010s–PresentFootball
Record six-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year
