Tega Odele

Tega Odele
Odele at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995
Delta State, Nigeria
Education University of Benin[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 200 m: 20.45 s (2015)
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
2015 Brazzaville 200 m
African Junior Championships
2013 Bambous4 x 100 m
Updated on 15 August 2016.

Tega Peter Odele (born 6 December 1995) is a Nigerian sprinter.[3] He competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the semifinals. He was the 2015 African Games 200 m Bronze medallist.

He attended Noble Crest Nursery and Primary School, Ughelli and got his Senior School leaving Certificate at Federal Government College, Warri.[4] Odele studied Business Administration at the University of Benin.[1]

In 2012, he won the 200 m at the 18th Nigerian National Sports Festival. He was supposed to run at the 2014 World Junior Championships but did not start in his heat. He won the 200 m at the 2014 Nigerian Universities Games in Ile-Ife. He was also a member of the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 winning teams.[5] Odele won the 200 m at the 2015 Nigerian Championships in a personal best time of 20.47 s.[6] He qualified for the 2015 World Championships with this run and was later selected to represent his country in Beijing. He placed 6th in his heat with a time of 20.49 s and did not progress to the semifinals.

He set a personal best of 20.45 s in his heat of the 200 m at the 2015 African Games. He later finished third in the final behind Divine Oduduru and Hua Wilfried Koffi.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Nigeria
2013 African Junior Championships Bambous, Mauritius 4th 200 m 21.69
1st 4 × 100 m relay 40.36
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 5th 4 × 100 m relay 39.66
2015 Universiade Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.45
World Championships Beijing, China 30th (h) 200 m 20.49
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 3rd 200 m 20.58
1st (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.971
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 70th (h) 200 m 21.25

1Disqualified in the final

References

  1. 1 2 Tega Odele. nbcolympics.com
  2. ↑ Tega Odele. rio2016.com
  3. ↑ "Tega Odele". IAAF. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Umoru, Moses (27 March 2016). "THE SPEAKPRENEUR: CELEBRATING PASSION: THE TEGA ODELE STORY..........By: Michael Isaac". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "24th Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games, Ile-Ife 18-21/02/2014 - Africathle". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "AFN Nigerian Championships 2015: Hepthatlete Osazuwa Set National Record as Ogunlewe Dazzles to 100m Victory - INFORMATION NIGERIA". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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