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Athletics / World champion
World champion and world record holder in the 100m hurdles
NIGERIAAthletics
Tobi Amusan became Nigeria’s first individual world champion in athletics at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, setting a 100 metres hurdles world record of 12.12 seconds on the way.
She is a two-time Commonwealth Games champion and has won the Diamond League title three times.
Career milestones
Trace the moments, achievements and milestones that have defined the journey.
Career timeline
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1990s–2000sAthletics
Olympic long jump gold, Atlanta 1996: Nigeria’s first Olympic champion
1980s–2000sAthletics
Olympic bronze (400m) and silver (4×400m relay), Atlanta 1996
Athletics
Olympic bronze, 4×100m relay (1992) and 200m (1996)
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
