Sunday Emmanuel
- January 15, 2004
- 25 years
- car accident
About Sunday Emmanuel
Sunday Emmanuel, 25, Nigerian athlete and Olympian (2000), car accident.
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|Sunday Emmanuel Listenⓘ(8 October 1978 – 15 January 2004 in Kaduna) was a Nigerian athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented his country in the 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the semi-finals.
He was the runner-up in both the 100 m and 200 metres at the 1995 African Junior Athletics Championships, then won both events at the 1997 edition. His foremost individual medals were a 100 m bronze medal at the 1996 African Championships in Athletics and a silver in the 200 m at the 1998 African Championships in Athletics.
His personal bests are 10.06 for the 100 m, 20.45 for the 200 m and 6.52 for the 60 metres.
He died after an auto-accident in Kaduna, Nigeria.
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.06 (Enugu 1997)
- 200 metres – 20.45 (-0.9 m/s) (Dakar 1998)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.52 (Chemnitz 2000)
- 200 metres – 21.20 (Piraeus 1999)
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