Kemi Adekoya

Kemi Adekoya
Personal information
Born (1993-01-16) January 16, 1993 (age 31)
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryBahrain
SportTrack and field
Event400 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests53.09 Budapest, 2023 AR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Bahrain
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Portland 400 m
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 4×400 m mixed
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wuhan 400 m hurdles
Asian Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Doha 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Doha 4 × 400 m relay
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Mungyeong 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Mungyeong 4 × 400 m

Oluwakemi "Kemi" Adekoya (born 16 January 1993 in Lagos) is a Nigerian-born track and field athlete who competes for Bahrain. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles and has a personal best of 53.39 seconds – a Bahraini and Asian record.

In January 2019, it was reported that Adekoya tested positive for an illegal steroid stanozolol in an out-of-competition test in November 2018 and was provisionally suspended. All of her results achieved after 24 August 2018 were also stripped.