30Thirty years after Nigeria’s historic run at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, the heroes who delivered the country’s most celebrated athletics and football as well as other landmark medals have taken different paths. ABIODUN ADEWALE looks at where Nigeria’s 1996 Olympic heroes are today and how their lives have unfolded since that historic Games
GOLD MEDALISTS
CHIOMA AJUNWA — LONG JUMP
Before athletics, Ajunwa had a football career and was part of the Super Falcons team to the 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She was unused in that tournament. A year later, she was banned for four years over doping despite maintaining her innocence.
In 1996, she returned to the Games in Atlanta and, to date, remains Nigeria’s only individual Olympic gold medallist. She was also in the Nigeria Police Force and retired as a Deputy Commissioner of Police in 2023. She is now a retired police officer.
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