Folashade Abugan

Folashade Abigeal Abugan (born 17 December 1990) is a 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.

Folashade Abugan
Personal information
Full nameFolashade Abigeal Abugan
Nationality Nigeria
Born (1990-12-17) 17 December 1990
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 m
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
2006 Melbourne4x400 m relay
2014 Glasgow4x400 m relay
African Games
2007 Algiers4x400 m relay
2007 Algiers400 m
African Championships
2008 Addis Ababa4x400 m relay
2010 Nairobi4x400 m relay
2014 Marrakech400 m
2014 Marrakech4x400 m relay
2008 Addis Ababa400 m
2010 Nairobi400 m
Updated on 27 August 2016.

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, Abugan 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.

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