Sunday Emmanuel (8 October 1978 – 15 January 2004 in Kaduna)[1] was a Nigerian athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented his country in the 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the semi-finals.
He was the runner-up in both the 100 m and 200 metres at the 1995 African Junior Athletics Championships, then won both events at the 1997 edition. His foremost individual medals were a 100 m bronze medal at the 1996 African Championships in Athletics and a silver in the 200 m at the 1998 African Championships in Athletics.
His personal bests are 10.06 for the 100 m, 20.45 for the 200 m and 6.52 for the 60 metres.
He died after an auto-accident in Kaduna, Nigeria.[2]
| Representing | ||||||
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| 1995 | African Junior Championships | Bouaké, Ivory Coast | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100 m | 10.42 |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 200 m | 20.98 | |||
| 1996 | African Championships | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 3rd | 100 m | 10.66 | |
| World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 4th | 200 m | 21.11 (wind: -1.6 m/s) | ||
| 1997 | African Junior Championships | Ibadan, Nigeria | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 100 m | 10.55 |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 200 m | 21.12 | |||
| 1998 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 200 m | 20.45 |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 49th (qf) | 200 m | 21.12 | |
| All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 5th | 200 m | 20.75 | ||
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 14th (sf) | 100 m | 10.45 | |
| 8th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.97[3] | ||||
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 52nd (h) | 60 m | 7.18 | |
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.10 | ||
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.01 | |
| African Championships | Radès, Tunisia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.76 | |
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