Uchenna Emedolu

Uchenna Emedolu (born 17 September 1976) is a Nigerian retired athlete who specialised in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres.<ref name="beijing">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second. This ranks him ninth in Nigeria, behind Olusoji Fasuba, Divine Oduduru, Seun Ogunkoya, Davidson Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Deji Aliu, Raymond Ekevwo and Francis Obikwelu.<ref name="Complete Sports">Top 10 Fastest Men In Nigeria’s Sprint History!</ref>

Emedolu participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2004 he achieved a semi-final place in the individual 100 metres. Together with Olusoji Fasuba, Aaron Egbele and Deji Aliu he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were less successful. In the individual event he did only finish in fourth place in the first rounds heat 10.46 seconds and was eliminated. In the 4 × 100 metres relay he, together with Onyeabor Ngwogu, Obinna Metu and Chinedu Oriala did not finish the race in the heats due to a mistake.<ref name="beijing"/>

Statistics

Personal bests

Event	Date	Venue	Time (seconds)
60 metres	3 February 2002	Stuttgart, Germany	6.66
100 metres	12 October 2003	Abuja, Nigeria	9.97
200 metres	8 September 2002	Rieti, Italy	20.31

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External links

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• IAAF "Focus on Athletes" article