Femi Ogunode

Femi Seun Ogunode
Ogunode at the 2015 Memorial Van Damme
Personal information
NationalityQatari
Born (1991-05-15) 15 May 1991 (age 33)
Ondo, Nigeria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb) (2022)
SpouseKemi Ogunode
Sport
SportTrack and Field
EventSprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 9.91 (Wuhan 2015), 200m: 19.97 (Brussels 2015), 400m: 45.12 (Guangzhou 2010).
Medal record
Representing  Qatar
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sopot 60 m
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 200 m
Asian Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kobe 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wuhan 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wuhan 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wuhan 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bhubaneswar 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bhubaneswar 200 m
Asian Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Hangzhou 60 m
West Asian Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Aleppo 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Aleppo 200 m
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Doha 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Doha 200 m
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Al Ain 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Manama 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Manama 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rades 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rades 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Al Ain 100 m
Representing Asia-Pacific
Continental Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Marrakech 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Marrakech 200 m
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Ogunode in 2011

Femi Seun Ogunode (born 15 May 1991 in Ondo City) is a Nigerian-born sprint athlete who competes internationally for Qatar since 2010.[2] His personal best of 9.91 at the 100 m in 2015 made him the former holder of the Asian 100 m record, which was tied by China's Su Bingtian in 2018 and surpassed in 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Prior to Femi being a Sprinter, he was a footballer and a boxer, however, he was advised by his football coach to go into athletics which he eventually did.[4]

Ogunode made his international debut for Qatar at the 2010 Asian Games and won a 200 metres/400 metres double. The following year he won Asian and Arab titles over 200 m as well as the 100 metres/200 meter sprint titles at the 2011 Military World Games. He was a finalist in the 400 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

He won his second career double at the Asian Games in 2014, this time in the 100 m/200 m, and set an Asian record of 9.93 seconds for the former event (the second Asian man to break the 10-second barrier after fellow Qatari-Nigerian Samuel Francis). He also won bronze medals that year at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2014 IAAF Continental Cup.

  1. ^ Femi Ogunode. 2014 Asian Games profile
  2. ^ OGUNODE Femi Seun – Biography Archived 17 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Guangzhou2010. Retrieved on 10 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Sprint Records Fall in Madrid". International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 22 June 2018.
  4. ^ www.premiumtimesng.com https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/sports-features/193998-interview-why-i-dumped-nigeria-for-qatar-asias-fastest-man-ogunode.html?tztc=1. Retrieved 21 September 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)