Ayomide Emmanuel Bello Explained

Ayomide Emmanuel Bello
Nationality:Nigerian
Birth Date:4 April 2002
Country:Nigeria
Sport:Canoe slalom
Event:C-1 & C-2

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. She also represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 21 March 2020. These Women Are Representing Nigeria in Water Sports at the 2020 Olympics. BellaNaija. 3 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Ayomide Emmanuel Bello - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 21 September 2019. 21 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921131156/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_canoeing-athlete-profile-n1006590-bello-ayomide-emmanuel.htm. live.
  3. Web site: 2019 African Games fallout: Nigeria's bumpy ride to 'glory' in Rabat. 13 September 2019. The Nation. 21 September 2019. 21 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921132545/https://thenationonlineng.net/2019-african-games-fallout-nigerias-bumpy-ride-to-glory-in-rabat/. live.