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{{Short description|Nigerian sprinter (born 1971)}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
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{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}
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| nationality = [[Nigeria]]n
| sport = [[Running]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|22|df=y}}
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| height = 184 cm
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'''100 m''': 9.94<br>
'''200 m''': 20.30
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4x100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4x100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]]|[[Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|100 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[All-Africa Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1995 All-Africa Games|1995 Harare]]|[[Athletics at the 1995 All-Africa Games|100 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Plovdiv]]|100 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Plovdiv]]|200 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Plovdiv]]|4x100 m relay}}
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'''Davidson Ezinwa''' (born 22 November 1971) is a former [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] from [[Nigeria]].

He won a silver medal at the [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]] as well as a silver medal at the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 World Championships]], both in [[relay race|4 x 100 metres relay]]. He also won a [[60 metres]] silver medal at the [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 World Indoor Championships]].

In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.94 seconds, although he has recorded 9.91 s, albeit with a doubtful wind reading of -2.3&nbsp;m/s which is an unlikely weather condition for records. In any case his result ranks him second in Nigeria, behind [[Olusoji Fasuba]], and fifth in Africa, behind [[Ferdinand Omanyala]], [[Akani Simbine]], Fasuba and [[Frankie Fredericks]].<ref name="CMWalltime">[http://www.gbrathletics.net/cm99.htm Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520070413/http://www.gbrathletics.net/cm99.htm |date=2007-05-20 }} - GBR Athletics</ref> His personal best [[200 metres]] time is 20.30 seconds, from 1990.

Ezinwa established a new World junior record in the 100-meter dash in 1990 (10.05), breaking [[Stanley Floyd]]'s ten-year-old record (10.07). Ezinwa's record was not broken until 2003, when [[Darrel Brown]] ran a 10.01 100-meter dash.

He is the identical twin brother of [[Osmond Ezinwa]]. Both attended the Christian university [[Azusa Pacific University]]. Davidson Ezinwa tested positive for doping twice; for [[ephedrine]] in February 1996, and together with Osmond for [[Human chorionic gonadotropin|hCG]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |author=BBC |author-link=BBC |title=news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/world_athletics/429525.stm |work=BBC News |date=25 August 1999 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|davidson-ezinwa}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ez/davidson-ezinwa-1}}

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