Femi Ogunode

Femi Seun Ogunode (born 15 May 1991 in Ondo City) is a Nigerian-born sprint athlete who competes internationally for Qatar since 2010. 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.

Femi Seun Ogunode
Ogunode at the 2015 Memorial Van Damme
Personal information
NationalityQatari
Born (1991-05-15) 15 May 1991
Ondo, Nigeria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
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
2014 Sopot60 m
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou200 m
2010 Guangzhou400 m
2014 Incheon100 m
2014 Incheon200 m
Asian Athletics Championships
2011 Kobe200 m
2015 Wuhan100 m
2015 Wuhan200 m
2015 Wuhan4×400 m relay
2017 Bhubaneswar100 m
2017 Bhubaneswar200 m
Asian Indoor Championships
2014 Hangzhou60 m
West Asian Athletics Championships
2010 Aleppo100 m
2010 Aleppo200 m
Pan Arab Games
2011 Doha100 m
2011 Doha200 m
Arab Championships
2011 Al Ain200 m
2015 Manama100 m
2015 Manama200 m
2021 Rades100 m
2021 Rades200 m
2011 Al Ain100 m
Representing Asia-Pacific
Continental Cup
2014 Marrakech100 m
2014 Marrakech200 m

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.

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