Tima Seikeseye Godbless (born 14 July 2004) is a Nigerian sprinter.

Early life

Godbless joined

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in 2022.

Career

2021

In 2021, she won bronze as part of the Nigerian

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team at the

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. She was a semi finalist in the individual event at the championship.

2022

She finished fourth in the 2022 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres. She won gold at the championship as part of the Nigerian 4 × 100 m relay team. She ran a time of 11.09 seconds during the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres in

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, a national U20 record. In December 2022, she won gold in the

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at the Asaba 2022 Sports Festival in 11.32 seconds. At the festival she also ran a personal best 22.07 to win the 200 m.

2023

In 2023, she won a sprint double at the 2023 African U20 Championships in

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, winning both 100 m and 200 m gold medals, running 11.43 seconds for the 100 m title and 23.28 s in the 200 m. However, an injury suffered at the Nigerian National Championships in

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ended her season.

2024

Godbless ran a time of 11.24s to win the women's 100 m at the Keyth Talley Invitational in

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, in March 2024. She ran as part of the Nigerian 4 × 100 m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in

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. She competed in the 100 metres at the

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. She also competed in the

at the Games.

2025

In May 2025, at the NCAA East Preliminary event she ran a new personal best time for the 100 metres of 10.91 seconds (1.2 m/s). The time moved her to fourth on the all-time Nigerian list. She finished third in the NCAA Outdoor Championships final over 100 metres in a time of 11.19 seconds.

References

2004 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen LSU Lady Tigers track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub