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{{short description|Nigerian sprinter}}
{{no footnotes|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Clement C. Chukwu
| image =
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Clement Chukwu at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
| nationality = [[Nigerian]]
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = 200 m, 400 m
| collegeteam = [[Eastern Michigan University]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|7|7}}
| birth_place = [[Umuahia]], [[Nigeria]]
| residence = [[Ohio]], U.S.
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NGR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCountry |[[File:Africa (orthographic projection).svg|20px]] [[Confederation of African Athletics|Africa]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[IAAF World Cup]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1998 IAAF World Cup|1998 Johannesburg]] | 4 × 400 m relay }}
}}

'''Clement Chukwu''' (born 7 July 1973) is a former [[Nigeria]]n athlete who specialized in the [[200 metres|200]] and [[400 metres]].

==Academics==
Chukwu attended [[Eastern Michigan University]] where he received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[Urban and Regional Planning]], minoring in Geography, and a Master of Science degree in [[Geographical Information Systems]]. He is currently the Planning Director for the City of Pickerington, Ohio, a suburb southeast of Columbus.

==Track and Field==
After being banned from 1992 to 1996 for a positive [[drug test]] he reemerged at the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]] over 400 metres, being knocked out in the quarter-finals. He later won gold medals in this event at the 1997 [[Universiade]] and the [[1998 African Championships in Athletics|1998 African Championships]], and a silver medal at the [[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|1999 All-Africa Games]]. At the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympics]] he was a part of the Nigerian team that won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay, which was later elevated to gold after the USA team was stripped of the gold medal.

His personal bests are: 200 meters Outdoor is 20:30 in 1998; 200 meters Indoor 20:78; 400 meters Outdoor 44.65; 400 meters Indoor

He was inducted into the [[Eastern Michigan]] Hall of Fame in 2011.

==See also==
* [[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences]]

==External links==
* {{World Athletics||name=Clement Chukwu}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/clement-chukwu-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030207/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/clement-chukwu-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x400 m Men|2000}}
{{Footer African Champions men's 400 metres}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions 400m Men}}
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[[Category:Eastern Michigan University alumni]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Nigeria]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
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[[Category:Eastern Michigan Eagles men's track and field athletes]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists for Nigeria]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Nigeria]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:People from Umuahia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Abia State]]
[[Category:20th-century Nigerian sportsmen]]
[[Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners]]

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Clement Chukwu - Revision history

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