🇳🇬Nigeria
Olusoji Fasuba
Track & Field — 100m / 60m
Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100m. He was the African record holder with 9.85 seconds — a remarkable feat given he is almost a foot shorter than most elite sprinters — and became the first African to win the 60m World Indoor Championship. He is widely regarded as the fastest 100m sprinter in Nigerian history.
Birthdate
July 9, 1984
Personal Best
9.85s (100m) — former African record
Global Reach
30 MILLION
Roles
Athlete
Achievements
- •2004 Olympic bronze medalist (4×100m relay, Athens)
- •2008 World Indoor Champion — 60m (first African to win the title)
- •2006 Commonwealth Games silver medalist — 100m
- •4-time All-African champion
- •2-time Nigerian national champion
- •4-time World Championship participant
- •2007 All-Africa Games double gold (100m & 4×100m relay)
- •2003 Afro-Asian Games winner — 100m
Honors
- •Nigerian Male Athlete of the Year (2006)
- •Former African record holder — 100m (9.85s)