Tega Odele

Tega Peter Odele (born 6 December 1995) is a Nigerian sprinter.^[3] He competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the semifinals. He was the 2015 African Games 200 m Bronze medallist.

Tega Odele

Odele at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 (age 29) Delta State, Nigeria
Education	University of Benin[1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best	200 m: 20.45 s (2015)
Medal record Representing  Nigeria All-Africa Games 2015 Brazzaville 200 m African Junior Championships 2013 Bambous 4 x 100 m
Updated on 15 August 2016

He attended Noble Crest Nursery and Primary School, Ughelli and got his Senior School leaving Certificate at Federal Government College, Warri.^[4] Odele studied Business Administration at the University of Benin.^[1]

In 2012, he won the 200 m at the 18th Nigerian National Sports Festival. He was supposed to run at the 2014 World Junior Championships but did not start in his heat. He won the 200 m at the 2014 Nigerian Universities Games in Ile-Ife. He was also a member of the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 winning teams.^[5] Odele won the 200 m at the 2015 Nigerian Championships in a personal best time of 20.47 s.^[6] He qualified for the 2015 World Championships with this run and was later selected to represent his country in Beijing. He placed 6th in his heat with a time of 20.49 s and did not progress to the semifinals.

He set a personal best of 20.45 s in his heat of the 200 m at the 2015 African Games. He later finished third in the final behind Divine Oduduru and Hua Wilfried Koffi.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
2013	African Junior Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	4th	200 m	21.69
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.36
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	5th	4 × 100 m relay	39.66
2015	Universiade	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.45
	World Championships	Beijing, China	30th (h)	200 m	20.49
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	3rd	200 m	20.58
			1st (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.971
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	70th (h)	200 m	21.25

¹Disqualified in the final

References

1. Tega Odele. nbcolympics.com
2. Tega Odele Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
3. "Tega Odele". IAAF. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
4. Umoru, Moses (27 March 2016). "THE SPEAKPRENEUR: CELEBRATING PASSION: THE TEGA ODELE STORY....By Michael Isaac". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
5. "24th Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games, Ile-Ife 18-21/02/2014 - Africathle". Retrieved 15 August 2016.
6. "AFN Nigerian Championships 2015: Hepthatlete Osazuwa Set National Record as Ogunlewe Dazzles to 100m Victory - INFORMATION NIGERIA". Retrieved 15 August 2016.

External links

• Tega Odele at World Athletics
• Tega Odele at Olympedia