Odiong at the 2015 Military World Games
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 13 March 1997 (1997-03-13) (age 27) |
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100 m - 11.30 (2018) 200 m – 22.62 (2018) 400 m – 53.55 (2014)[2][3] |
Medal record | |
Edidiong Ofinome Odiong (born 13 March 1997) is a Nigerian-born sprinter from Bahrain. She won the 200 m at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships and qualified in this event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Odiong was born in Calabar, Nigeria.[4] She attended Wisdom Based Academics High School.[4]
While at Florida State University Odiong majored in international affairs.[4]
Odiong won the girls’ 400m at the 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships (AYAC) in Warri, Nigeria.[5]
Odioing competed for Nigeria at the 2014 IAAF World Junior ChampionshipsinOregon, where she placed 6th in the 400m final and placed 5th along with her teammates in the 4x400m.[5]
She competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.[6][7]
From 2020-2022 she competed for the Florida State Seminoles.[4]
In summer 2023, she won the 100 metres at the Pan Arab Games in Algeria with a time of 11.27 seconds.[8] Later in the year she defended her 200 metre championship at the Asian Games.[9]
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Asian Games champions in women's 100 metres
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Asian Games champions in women's 200 metres
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