Omolade Akinremi

Omolade "Lade" Akinremi listen^ⓘ(born 13 September 1974) is a retired Nigerian hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Akinremi at the 2003 Military World Games.

Akinremi was an All-American runner for the Arizona State Sun Devils track and field team, finishing runner-up in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1995 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.^[2] Her sisters Omotayo "Tayo" Akinremi and Christy "Taiye" Akinremi (fr) were also athletes.^[3] They all ran for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs before transferring to the Arizona State Sun Devils program.^[4][5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	3rd	400m hurdles	56.97
			1st (h)[6]	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.56
	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	3rd	400 m	57.97
1991	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	400 m hurdles	58.16
1992	African Championships	Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius	3rd	400 m	53.14
			3rd	400 m hurdles	57.43
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	7th	400 m hurdles	58.47
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.97
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	10th (sf)	400 m	53.20
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	25th (h)	400 m	51.79
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.85
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	4th	400 m hurdles	56.11
	All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe	1st	400 m hurdles	56.1
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	6th	400 m hurdles	59.53
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	400 m hurdles	56.98
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	7th	400 m hurdles	59.08

Personal bests

• 400 metres hurdles - 55.98 s (2001)
• 400 metres - 53.09 s (2001)