Rotimi Peters (born 18 December 1955 or 1954) is a retired

Nigeria Nigeria, 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 Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

n athlete who competed in the 400 & 4x400 meters. He competed for Nigeria in the

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held in

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in the 4 x 400 meters relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Sunday Uti,

Moses Ugbusien 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 and is of Yoruban ancestry. He competed for Nigeria in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in ...

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 ...

. Peters sprinted for the

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team, anchoring their 7th-place

4 × 400 m relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hi ...

at the 1978 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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