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| Birth Date: | 20 December 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Uromi, Edo State, Nigeria |
| Country: |  Nigeria |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 400 m |
| Event Type: | Sprint |
| Club: | NSCDC |
| Pb: | 400 m: 44.95 s (2015) |
| Updated: | 27 July 2016 |
Orukpe Erayokan (born 20 December 1993 in Uromi, Edo State) is a Nigerian sprinter.[1] [2] His main event is the 400 metres. He is a two-time All-Africa Games finalist.[3]
Erayokan won the 400 m at the 18th Nigerian National Sports Festival in 2012 ahead of Abbas Abubakar and Gerald Odeka.[4] He represented his country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, running in the 4 x 400 m. He also represented Nigeria at the 2015 IAAF World Relays.[5]
2015 seemed a breakthrough year for Erayokan. Erayokan was selected for the individual 400 m at the Brazzaville African Games. He had only previously been in the relay pool at international competitions.[6] At the Brazzaville African Games, he went under 46 s for the first time in his career, running 45.84 in the heats.[7] He bettered that in the semifinal with a sub 45 s clocking of 44.95 s, earning him a spot in the final. In the final, he finished 6th in 45.73 s.[8]
He was selected to represent Nigeria at the Portland Indoor Championships. He however did not run because he arrived Portland too close to the start of the 400 m heats. He also competed at the 2016 African Championships in Durban but did not make the final.[9]