Maria Usifo
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Nigerian English Maria Usifo (born 1 August 1964) is a Nigerian athlete and former Olympian who represented Nigeria at Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988) Olympic Games.[1] She specialized in the 100 and 400 metres hurdles.[2] She is one of the female athletes in Nigerian sports history who dominated athletic events both at national and international levels.[3]
Career in sports
Usifo started her career in sports in Nigeria in the 1970s when the school sports system was functional. She was a former hurdler and quarter-miler whose athletic opened opportunities for her to choose from 10 foreign universities after her outstanding performance at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia in 1982. She participated in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984 and Seoul in 1988.[4] Usifo was All-Africa Games Gold medallist and African Championships Gold medallist.[5]
In 1986, Usifo became the first Texas Southern Tigers track and field athlete to win an individual NCAA DI title, in the 400 m hurdles.[6]
International competitions
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| 1987 | All-Africa Games | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.29 |
| 1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.72 | |||
- 1989 African Championships - gold medal (400 m h)
- 1988 African Championships - gold medal (100 m h)
- 1988 African Championships - gold medal (400 m h)
- 1985 African Championships - gold medal (100 m h)
- 1985 African Championships - silver medal (400 m h)
- 1984 African Championships - gold medal (100 m h)
References
External links
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Nigerian female hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games athletes for Nigeria
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- 20th-century Nigerian sportswomen
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Texas Southern Tigers women's track and field athletes