Falilat Ogunkoya (born 12 May1968) is a Nigerianathlete. May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...
Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in the 200 m. In 1995 at the Zimbabwe Games she won the silver in the 400 m, and at the 1999 Games in South Africa she won a gold medal in the 400 m. A gold medal will generally represent the highest award for achievement in a non-military field, with no restriction on eligibility. ... 400 m is a common track running event. ... 200 m is a sprint running event. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Of the three, Falilat was the biggest name that aficionados of track and field were asking if indeed the Remo-born superstar was through with the sport.
But the silence in the case of Falilat prompted heated debates on whether the AFN acted wisely in dropping her from the Athens-bound party.
If on the other hand Falilat knows that she can't cope anymore with the rigour of the sport, it will be more honourable to formally quit than keep everybody guessing.
FalilatOgunkoya, Nigeria's 1996 Olympics bronze medallist, made a glamorous appearance in a "Hooded Swift Suit", looking like a Flying Spacewoman.
Ogunkoya, a member of the 4x400 relay team which won silver at the 1996 Olympics, is in Nigeria's team for the Sydney Olympic Games - her fourth consecutive Olympic Games appearance.
Ogunkoya has a personal sponsorship contract with Nike, but she can only wear it when competing in her professional races and not when representing Nigeria, whose athletics team have a sponsorship contract with Italian manufacturers Fila.
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