Edidiong Odiong Explained

Height:167 cm
Weight:58 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 m, 200 m, 400 m
Pb:100 m - 11.30 (2018)
200 m – 22.62 (2018)
400 m – 53.55 (2014)
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Edidiong Ofinome Odiong (born 13 March 1997) is a Nigerian-born sprinter from Bahrain. She won the 200 m at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships and qualified in this event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Early life and education

Odiong was born in Calabar, Nigeria.[1] She attended Wisdom Based Academics High School.

While at Florida State University Odiong majored in international affairs.

Athletic career

Odiong won the girls’ 400m at the 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships (AYAC) in Warri, Nigeria.[2]

Odioing competed for Nigeria at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Oregon, where she placed 6th in the 400m final and placed 5th along with her teammates in the 4x400m.

She competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.[3] [4]

From 2020-2022 she competed for the Florida State Seminoles.

In summer 2023, she won the 100 metres at the Pan Arab Games in Algeria with a time of 11.27 seconds.[5] Later in the year she defended her 200 metre championship at the Asian Games.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-12-12 . Edidiong Odiong . 2023-01-07 . Florida State Seminoles . en-US.
  2. Web site: Galadima . Yemi . 2016-06-30 . Edidiong Odiong cleared to compete for Bahrain . 2023-01-07 . MAKING OF CHAMPIONS . en-US.
  3. News: Sudipto . Ganguly . 2018-08-29 . Games - Bahrain's Odiong completes women's sprint double in Jakarta . en . Reuters . 2023-01-07.
  4. Web site: 2018-08-30 . Bahrain's Odiong adds relay gold to sprint double in Jakarta . 2023-01-07 . euronews . en.
  5. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138655/pan-arab-games-athletics Inside the Games website, Bahraini 100m double highlights triumphant day of athletics at Pan Arab Games, article by Owen Lloyd dated July 5, 2023
  6. https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/shanti-pereira-clinches-gold-200m-win-marks-singapores-first-athletics-title-asian-games Asia One website, Shanti Pereira clinches gold, article by Kimberley Kwik dated October 2, 2023