Abiola Ogunbanwo

Abiola Ogunbanwo (born 19 April 2004)[1][2] is a Nigerian swimmer. In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.[3] She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle and women's 200 metre freestyle events.[4][5] In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.[4][5]

Abiola Ogunbanwo
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Born (2004-04-19) 19 April 2004
Sport
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In 2018, she competed in two events at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Hangzhou, China. In 2021, she competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

She broke the longstanding Nigerian record of 1:00.50 when she finished the 100 meters swimming with 59.74 seconds in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8][9][10]

References
  1. "Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. "Abiola Ogunbanwo - Player Profile - Swimming". Eurosport. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. "Australia-based Abiola Ogunbanwo shines at Tokyo Olympics". Punch Newspapers. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. "Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. "Women's 200 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. "Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. "Tokyo Olympics: Ogunbanwo becomes first Nigerian woman to finish 100m freestyle under a minute". TheCable. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  8. "Tokyo Olympics: 17-year-old Ogunbanwo smashes 14-year-old swimming record". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  9. "Tokyo Olympics: 17-year old Ogunbanwon sets national swimming record". 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  10. "Ogunbanwo breaks 14-year-old swimming record". The Sun Nigeria. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2022-03-25.


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