Oluwasegun Makinde

Oluwasegun Makinde
Personal information
National teamCanada
Born (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 33)
Maiduguri, Nigeria
EducationUniversity of Ottawa
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight81 kg (179 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event4x100m relay

Oluwasegun Makinde (born 6 July 1991) is a Nigeria-born Canadian athlete competing in sprinting events.[2]

Born in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Makinde moved with his family to Canada in 1992. He was an unused relay member at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie.[3] In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team.[4] He went to the 2018 Commonwealth Games with the Canadian team.[5]

As of 2019, he was on the board of Athletics Canada.[6]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Canada
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 22nd (sf) 200 m 22.70
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 12th (sf) 200m 21.13 w (+2.3 m/s)
15th (sf) 110m hurdles 14.05 (+0.4 m/s)
12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.38
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 5th 200 m 20.83
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 4th 200 m 20.61
2nd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.64[7]
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 1st 200 m 20.80
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.14
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 4th (sf) 200m 20.81 (+0.8 m/s)
7th 4 × 100 m relay 39.30
2017 Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 25th (h) 100 m 10.58
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 40.01
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 36th (h) 100 m 10.59
– 4 × 100 m relay DQ

Personal best

  • 100 metres – 10.24 (+1.4) (Toronto CAN, 11 June 2016)
  • 200 metres – 20.51 (+1.7) (Lynchburg USA, 1 May 2014)

References

  1. ^ a b "Segun Makinde". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ Oluwasegun Makinde at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Minshull, Phil (14 September 2013). "Drouin gets first major international title at Francophone Games | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Oluwasegun Makinde". results.gc2018.com. 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Kate van Buskirk appointed Athlete Director on Athletics Canada Board of Directors". 7 August 2019.
  7. ^ Disqualified in the final.


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