Favour Ashe (born 28 April 2002) is a Nigerian sprinter, currently competing for the University of Oregon.

Career

College career

Ashe attended Otovwodo Grammar School in Ughelli, Nigeria before enrolling as a student at the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United St ...

. Having only arrived in America in January 2022, Ashe came third in the men's 60-meter dash at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, and was runner up in the 100 metres at the

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. He also came fourth in the 4 x 100m relay running with

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and Emmanuel Bynum. In 2022 Ashe ran the fastest time in history by any Nigerian athlete in all conditions, running a wind assisted 9.79s (+3.0) 100m heat at the LSU invitational meet in Baton Rouge. Following the 2022 collegiate season, he transferred to

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to continue his studies and athletic career. In June 2023 he set a new personal best running 9.96s in the 100m at the NCAA Championships held in Texas. In May 2024, he ran 9.94 seconds for the 100 metres at the NCAA East regional finals in

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and in doing so became the first Nigerian sprinter to run sub-10 seconds five times in three consecutive years. He was runner-up in the 100m at the

2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships was the 102nd NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 42nd NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Hayward Field in Eugene, ...

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running 9.99 seconds in the final. In January 2025, Favour Ashe signed with the

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a Public university, public research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1876, the university is organized into nine colleges and schools and offers 420 undergraduate and gra ...

Senior career

Ashe ran a legal 100m personal best of 9.99s to win gold at the Nigerian national championships in 2022. At the

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, Ashe qualified through to the semi-finals running 10.00s in his heat. He went on to end his season with a bronze medal in the 4 x 100m relay at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...

in Birmingham, England. He competed in the 100 metres at the

2024 Paris Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

, reaching the semi-finals. He also competed in the men's 4x100m relay at the Games.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashe, Favour 2002 births Living people Nigerian male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nigeria Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes Tennessee Volunteers men's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics