Femi Seun Ogunode (born 15 May 1991 in

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athlete who competes internationally for

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since 2010. His personal best of 9.91 at 100 m in 2015 made him the former holder of the Asian 100m record, which was tied by China's

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in 2018 and surpassed in 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Ogunode made his international debut for Qatar at the

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and won a

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double. The following year he won Asian and Arab titles over 200 m as well as

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/200 meter sprint titles at the 2011 Military World Games. He was a finalist in the 400 m at the

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. He won his second career double at the Asian Games in 2014, this time in the 100 m/200 m, and set an Asian record of 9.93 seconds for the former event (the second Asian man to break the 10-second barrier after fellow Qatari-Nigerian Samuel Francis). He also won bronze medals at a global level that year at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and

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Career

In Nigeria, Ogunode ran for University of Ibadan and qualified for the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nige ...

and the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria left him off of the final rosters for both events for undisclosed reasons. Following these slights, Ogunode accepted an offer to compete internationally for Qatar. He moved to Qatar in October 2009 and began international competition the following year. He won the

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at the West Asian Championships and was entered into the

. At the Games in

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he took two gold medals, winning over 200 m and

with personal bests of 20.43 seconds and 45.12 seconds, respectively. This made him only the second athlete in Games history to have won both events at the same competition –

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first achieved this at the 1958 Asian Games. He became the Asian champion in 200 metres, at Kobe, Japan. He equalled the Championships record (20.41 s) en route to gold. He then did even better at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when he completed a 100 metres and 200 metres double. He set new championship marks over both distances (10.07 and 20.46). In September 2014 he won the 100 m event at the Asian Games setting a new Asian record at 9.93 s. He also won the 200 m gold at Incheon. He set a further Asian record at the

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with a run of 9.97 seconds in the semi-finals. On 28 May 2021, he run his seasonal best of 10.00 s at Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium,

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, winning the 100 m race of this Diamond League meeting and obtaining the standard for the

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Personal life

His name Femi is a

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name pronounced "F-eh-mi". He was born in Ondo State, Nigeria. His parents are TSB Ogunode and Adesola Ogunode. He is married to Kemi Adebay
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They have three children, Nathan Ogunode, Adriel Ogunode and Reina Ogunode. His younger brother, Tosin Ogunode, is also a sprinter for Qatar. He has 7 siblings. Ogunode's father, T S B Ogunode, was a boxer and his mother, Adesola Ogunode, was a sprinter. Before focusing on running, Ogunode boxed and played football. He was a successful youth boxer and competed in state-level championships.

International competitions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogunode, Femi Seun 1991 births Living people People from Ondo City Qatari male sprinters Nigerian male sprinters Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Qatar World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Yoruba sportspeople Nigerian emigrants to Qatar Naturalised citizens of Qatar Qatari people of Nigerian descent Qatari people of Yoruba descent Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Qatar Expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games