Folashade Abugan
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Nationality | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 17 December 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 27 August 2016. |
Folashade Abugan (born December 17, 1990) is a female Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was the 400 m bronze medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games and improved to the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships, where she set a personal best time of 50.89 seconds. She won gold medals at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships.
She appeared at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and won two silver medals for Nigeria in the 400 m and in 4x400 m relay. However, she was disqualified and banned after failing a drugs test and testing positive for testosterone prohormone in her 'A' sample. She waived the right to have her B sample analysed.[1]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Nigeria | |||||
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.83 |
World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 8th | 400 m | 52.87 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.84 AJR | |||
2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 3rd | 400 m | 51.44 PB |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.74 | |||
2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 2nd | 400 m | 50.89 PB |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.07 | |||
World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | 400 m | 51.84 | |
2009 | African Junior Athletics Championships | Bambous, Mauritius | 1st | 400 m | 52.02 CR |
DQ | 4 × 400 m | ||||
2010 | Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | DQ | 400 m | |
DQ | 4 × 400 m |
References
- Folashade Abugan profile at IAAF
- ↑ Commonwealth Games 2010: Third Nigerian tests positive. BBC Sport (2010-10-15). Retrieved on 2010-11-27.
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