Lawretta Ozoh
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Nationality | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 5 September 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 26 August 2016. |
Lawretta Ozoh (born 5 September 1990) is a Nigerian track athlete who specialises in sprinting.[1]
Ozoh was the silver medalist in the 200 metres and was a member of the gold medal-winning Nigerian 4 x 100 metre relay team at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics.[2]
Doping ban[]
In 2012 Ozoh tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "Athlete profile for Lawretta Ozoh". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Nigerian athletes' rough road to victory in Porto Novo". The Daily Independent (Lagos). 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Doping: Changing Face Of A Festering Sore". Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 25.10.13". IAAF. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1990 births
- Nigerian female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Doping cases in athletics
- Nigerian sportspeople in doping cases
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games