Fatima Yusuf
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Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju (born 2 May 1971 in Owo, Ondo) is a retired Nigerian athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career. She won 400 metres race in the 1991 All-Africa Games and was second in the 200 metres race. She is married to Adewale Olukoju.
She later competed in the 200 meters at the World Championship in Spain where she ran 22.28. She is also the first African woman to run under 50 secs in the 400 meters. She ran 49.43 at the 1995 African Championship
She competed for Nigeria in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 400 meters in which she placed 6th with the time of 49.77 and 4 x 400 metres where she won the Silver medal with her teammates Bisi Afolabi, Charity Opara and Falilat Ogunkoya behind host nation America. She attended Azusa Pacific University.
External links[]
- Fatima Yusuf at World Athletics
- databaseOlympics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fatima Yusuf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- 1971 births
- Nigerian female sprinters
- Olympic athletes of Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Yoruba sportswomen
- People from Owo
- Azusa Pacific University alumni
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games
- Olympic female sprinters
- Nigerian athletics biography stubs
- Nigerian Olympic medalist stubs