Tosin Joseph Ogunode (born 2 March 1994) is a

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-born

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

sprinter who competes internationally for

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. He is the younger brother of

Femi Ogunode Femi Seun Ogunode (born 15 May 1991 in Ondo City) is a Nigerian-born sprint athlete who competes internationally for Qatar since 2010. His personal best of 9.91 at the 100 m in 2015 made him the former holder of the Asian 100 m record, which ...

, another Nigerian-turned-Qatari sprinter who won two golds at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced ear ...

. Tosin Ogunode made his debut at the start of the 2014 season and promptly set an Asian indoor record of 6.50 seconds for the

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...

event at the

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indoor facility in the United States. This improved Talal Mansour's twenty-year-old record for the distance. This placed him top of the world rankings for a short period. His name is the shortened form of "Oluwatosin" meaning "God is worthy to be worshiped" in Yoruba

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogunode, Tosin Living people 1994 births Qatari male sprinters Nigerian male sprinters Nigerian emigrants to Qatar Naturalized citizens of Qatar Qatari people of Nigerian descent Qatari people of Yoruba descent Yoruba sportspeople Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Qatar Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Naturalised athletes GCC Games winners 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen 21st-century Qatari sportsmen