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 Hope Ezeigbo running alongside his Arizona Wildcats track and field teammates | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1958 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Hope Ezeigbo (born 26 May 1958) is a Nigerian sprinter.[1] He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2]
Ezeigbo was a prominent athlete as a member of the Phoenix College Bears before being signed to the Arizona Wildcats track and field team in 1980.[3] At Arizona, he broke the 4 x 400 metres relay school record with a 3:07.20 mark at the 1981 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Akpodonor, Gowon (17 June 2017). "It's time to re-build Nigeria's athletics, says Hameed Adio". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hope Ezeigbo Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ↑ "'Cats get top runners; Huskies sign Jackson". Arizona Daily Star. 28 April 1980. p. 9. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ "Cats set relay record". Tucson Citizen. 5 June 1981. p. 61. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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