Udeme Ekpeyong
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1995 Gothenburg | 4x400 m relay |
Udeme Sam Ekpeyong (born 28 March 1973) is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Ekpeyong was an All-American sprinter for the USC Trojans track and field team, finishing 8th in the 400 m at the 1995 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[1]
Ekpeyong won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1995 World Championships, together with teammates Kunle Adejuyigbe, Jude Monye and Sunday Bada. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he finished fifth with teammates Emmanuel Okoli, Hassan Bosso and Sunday Bada.[2]
He had to leave from the 1994 Commonwealth Games after the Canada Border Services Agency found steroids in his suitcase.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "400 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Athletics - men's 4x400 m - Full Olympians
- ^ "Steroids a ticket home for Nigerian". The Province. 16 August 1994. p. 50. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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