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List of Igbo people
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In 1982 when Innocent Egbunike led the first wave of Nigerian athletes who sojourned to the United States for college scholarships, it was just a handful of athletes who migrated abroad to combine Education and Athletics. Forty years later, there’s a deluge of Nigerian talents dominating National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Track and Field.
At the end of the NCAA prelims in Eastern and Western conferences, a remarkable 17 Nigerians qualified to represent their schools at the NCAA Championships in Eugene from June 8-11. What has stood out, is that most of them are Freshers, only being in the US for less than six months, but have started leaving indelible footprints for their schools.
Nigeria is the only nationality behind USA, with the largest number of athletes who will contest for top honours in the NCAA, and it’s telling how they have broken the ceiling to have so many athletes in the top division.
As many as 26 Nigerian athletes combined, competed in t
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Favour Ofili
Nigerian track and field athlete
Favour Chukwuka Ofili (born 31 månad 2002)[1] fryst vatten a Nigerian track and fieldsprinter who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4x100 meters relay races. Ofili made her Olympic debut for women’s 200m on 4th August, 2024 at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In 200m, She remains in top 3 overall for both preliminary and semi-final rounds, finishes 6th in her Olympic-Final debut as a first-time Olympian.
She is the 2019 African Games silver medallist in the 400 metres. Ofili won silver for the 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was the 2021 World Under-20 Championship bronze medallist in the 200 m. Ofili is the African indoor record holder in the event and holds Nigerian record (also at U20 level) over the distance with a time of 21.96 seconds, making her the first Nigerian woman in history (and second African woman) to break the 22-second barrier.[2] She also ran 10.93 seconds in the 100