Glory Alozie

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alozie and the second or maternal family name is Oluchi.

Gloria “Glory” Alozie Oluchi (born 30 December 1977) is a former track and field athlete competing mostly in hurdling.^[1] Born in Nigeria, she represented her country of birth and Spain.

Glory Alozie

Personal information
Born	(1977-12-30) 30 December 1977 (age 46) Amator, Abia State, Nigeria
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Nigeria Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m hurdles World Championships 1999 Seville 100 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 1999 Maebashi 60 m hurdles Representing  Spain World Indoor Championships 2003 Birmingham 60 m hurdles 2006 Moscow 60 m hurdles European Athletics Championships 2002 Munich 100 m hurdles

The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a global international event (placing second on five occasions). While representing Nigeria she became African champion twice, and was at a time the African record and Commonwealth record holder at 100 metres hurdles.^[2]

On 6 July 2001 she officially became a Spanish citizen. She won the gold medal at the 2002 European Athletics Championships the year after. In the 60 meter hurdles, she won the silver medal first at the World Indoor Championships and in 2003 and again in 2006.

Personal bests

Event	Time	Date	Venue
100 m	10.90	6 May 1999	La Laguna, Spain
200 m	23.09	14 July 2001	La Laguna, Spain
100 m hurdles	12.44	8 August 1998	Monaco

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
1995	African Junior Championships	Bouaké, Ivory Coast	2nd	100 m hurdles	14.21
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.30 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	1st	100 m hurdles	13.62
1998	Grand Prix Final	Moscow, Russia	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.72
	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	100 m hurdles	12.77
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.87
	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.44
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.68
	Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.94
Representing  Spain
2002	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.95
			4th	100 m	11.28
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	100 m hurdles	12.73
			4th	100 m	11.32
	Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	4th	100 m hurdles	12.65
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.90
	European Indoor Cup	Leipzig, Germany	1st	60 m hurdles	7.94
	World Athletics Final	Monaco	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.66
	World Championships	Paris Saint-Denis, France	4th	100 m hurdles	12.75
	European Cup	Florence, Italy	3rd	100 m	11.29
			1st	100 m hurdles	12.86
2004	European Indoor Cup	Leipzig, Germany	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.99
	World Athletics Final	Monaco	4th	100 m hurdles	12.69
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th	60 m hurdles	8.00
	World Athletics Final	Monaco	5th	100 m hurdles	12.76
	European Cup First League (A)	Gävle, Sweden	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.18
			1st	100 m	11.53
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	100 m hurdles	12.90
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.86
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	100 m hurdles	12.86
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	4th	100 m hurdles	13.42

References

1. Glory Alozie Archived 5 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-12.
2. Minshull, Phil (1998). Alozie after further glory on African soil Archived 19 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-12.

External links

• Glory Alozie at World Athletics

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ludmila Engquist	Women's 100m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1998	Succeeded by Gail Devers