Mary Onyali-Omagbemi



Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (born February 3, 1968) is a Nigerian sprinter, who won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 m relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 200 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Onyali-Omagbemi performed especially well in the All-Africa Games, winning a total of 7 individual medals in the short sprints. She won 100 m in 1991, 1995 and 2003 and took a bronze medal in 1987. Gold medals in 200 m were taken in 1987, 1995 and 2003. Furthermore, the Nigerian 4 x 100 m relay team won all races between 1987 and 2003, at the African Games.

Born Mary Onyali, by the time of the 2000 Olympics she was known as Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, having married fellow Nigerian sprinter Victor Omagbemi.

Her consecutive Olympic appearances from 1988 to 2004 made her the first Nigerian to compete at five Olympics. This feat was equalled by table tennis players Bose Kaffo and Segun Toriolafour years later in Beijing, PR China.



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[hide]  *1 Achievements  ==Achievements[edit] == ==Personal bests[edit] ==
 * 2 Personal bests
 * 3 See also
 * 4 External links
 * 100 metres - 10.97 (1993)
 * 200 metres - 22.07 (1996)
 * 400 metres - 54.21 (2000)