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Moses Omote Ugbisien (born 11 December 1964) is a Nigerian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Ugbisien is from the Delta State in
Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
and is of
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n ancestry. He competed for
Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in
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in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Sunday Uti, Rotimi Peters and
Innocent Egbunike Innocent Ejima Egbunike (born 30 November 1961) is a former sprinter from Nigeria. He studied at Azusa Pacific University, where he still holds the school record at 400 metres and the automatically timed NAIA meet record at 200 metres. Me ...
. He also competed for
Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
in the
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in
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1964 births Living people Nigerian male sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Universiade silver medalists for Nigeria Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Nigerian people {{Nigeria-Olympic-medalist-stub