Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
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 Mary Onyali-Omagbemi |
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| Women's Athletics | |||
Competitor for  Nigeria |
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| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | 4x100 m relay | |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | 200 m | |
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (born February 3, 1968) is a Nigerian sprinter who won the bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics and in 200 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
She performed especially well in the All-Africa Games, winning a total of 7 individual medals in the short sprints. She won 100 metres in 1991, 1995 and 2003 and took a bronze medal in 1987. Gold medals in 200 metres were taken in 1987, 1995 and 2003. Furthermore, the Nigerian 4x100m relay team won all races between 1987 and 2003.
Born Mary Onyali, she took the name Omagbemi when marrying Victor Omagbemi.
[edit] Personal bests
- 100 metres - 10.97 (1993)
- 200 metres - 22.07 (1996)
- 400 metres - 54.21 (2000)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- IAAF profile for Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
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Preceded by Gwen Torrence |
Women's 200m Best Year Performance alongside  Marie-José Pérec1996 |
Succeeded by Marion Jones |
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