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.
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Full name | Folashade Abigeal Abugan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 17 December 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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