Ayomide Emmanuel Bello

Ayomide Emmanuel Bello (born 4 April 2002) is a Nigerian canoeist. She competed in the women's C-1 200 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Ayomide Emmanuel Bello
Personal information
NationalityNigerian
Born (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportCanoe slalom
Event(s)C-1 & C-2
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
African Games
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatC-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatC-2 500 m

In 2018, she won two gold medals at the African Youth Games.[1] In that same year, she represented Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and competed in four events: the girls' C1 sprint, girls' C1 slalom, girls' K1 sprint and girls' K1 slalom. She did not win a medal in these events.

She competed at the 2019 African Games and won the gold medals in the C-1 200 metres and C-1 500 metres events.[2] She also won the gold medals in the C-2 200 metres and C-2 500 metres events.[2] As a result the country finished second in the canoeing medal table at the 2019 African Games and she also qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the C-1 200 metres.[3][1]

References
  1. "These Women Are Representing Nigeria in Water Sports at the 2020 Olympics". BellaNaija. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. "Ayomide Emmanuel Bello - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. "2019 African Games fallout: Nigeria's bumpy ride to 'glory' in Rabat". The Nation. 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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