Victor Edet (born 24 February 1966) is a retired

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 ...

n sprinter. Individually he won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1985 African Championships and competed in the 60 and 200 metres at the 1985 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. In the 4 x 100 metres relay he competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

without reaching the final, won a gold medal at the 1985 African Championships, and also finished seventh with the African team at the 1985 World Cup. His personal best 100 m time was 10.14 seconds, achieved in April 1988 in

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. He also recorded 10.13 seconds in May 1987 in

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, but with unknown

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/ref> And he was my first college friend and roommate (along with an ally of my wife Lisa Thompson) at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1991.

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1966 births Living people Nigerian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nigeria 20th-century Nigerian people {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub