Divine Oduduru

Divine Oduduru
Oduduru winning the 200 m at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championships
Personal information
Full nameEjowvokoghene Divine Oduduru
Born (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 (age 27)
Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria[1]
Years active2007 – present
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[3]
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportAthletics
Sprints100 meters, 200 m
College teamTexas Tech Red Raiders (2018, 2019)
TeamPuma[4]
Turned pro2019[5]
Coached byWes Kittley[6]
Calvin Robinson[7]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Nigeria
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakesh 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2018 Asaba 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Asaba 4×100 m relay
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat 200 m
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Oregon 200 m
African Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Réduit 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Addis Ababa 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2013 Réduit 4×100 m relay
African Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Warri 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Warri 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Warri Medley  relay
Updated on 3 February 2023

Ejowvokoghene Divine Oduduru (born 7 October 1996) is a Nigerian sprinter specializing in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash.[8] He holds personal bests of 9.86 seconds for the 100 m and 19.73 seconds for the 200 m. The latter is a Nigerian national record.[9]

In age category competitions, he was a twice-champion at the African Youth Athletics Championships,[10] a five-time African Junior Champion in the sprints[11] and the 200 m silver medallist at the 2014 World Junior Championships.[12] He represented his country as a senior athlete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2014 African Championships in Athletics, before winning 200 m silver medals at the 2015 and 2019 African Games as well as the 2018 African Championships.[13]

He is a two-time Nigerian national champion[14] and is a four-time NCAA champion in American collegiate competition, running for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.[15] He is sponsored by Puma.[4]

  1. ^ "Divine Oduduru". texastech.com. Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Divine Oduduru". pintaram.com. Asaba 2018. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Divine Oduduru". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "PUMA signs NCAA 100/200 superstar Divine Oduduru + 100h world leader Janeek Brown to endorsement deals". letsrun.com. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ Zahn, Jennifer (13 June 2019). "A Running List Of College Athletes Going Pro In 2019". flotrack.org. FloTrack. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 100mSchoolRecord was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2019MJI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "ATHLETE PROFILE Divine ODUDURU". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Nigerian athletes who could break Fasuba's 14-year-old African record". guardian.ng. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. ^ Olus, Yemi (20 September 2016). "Nigerian Olympians Oduduru, Erayokan confirmed for Top Sprinter 2016". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. ^ Ezekute, Nnamdi (21 April 2019). "Oduduru: I worked For My 100/200m Feats At Michael Johnson Invitational". Complete Sports. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  12. ^ Akani, Bambo (26 July 2014). "Oduduru wins 200m World Junior Silver with wind-assisted 20.25s, equalling 5th fastest Nigerians all-time!". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  13. ^ Maduewesi, Christopher (14 May 2018). "Oduduru sets new 200m PB of 20.13s to win Triple titles in Texas". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Oduduru: I was frustrated with the AFN". TheCable. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Team Visa welcomes Nigerian track and field sprinter Divine Oduduru to their Tokyo 2020 cohort". Pulse Nigeria. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.