Muizat Ajoke Odumosu
Odumosu at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Born | October 27, 1987 |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
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 Nigeria
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 4 × 400m Relay, 400m Hurdles |
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Muizat Ajoke Odumosu (born 27 October 1987 in Lagos) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics and competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009. She was the bronze medallist at the 2007 All-Africa Games and went on to become the continental champion with a win at the 2008 African Championships.
In 2010, she won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games, and was runner-up at the African Championships and also took a silver medal for Africa at the Continental Cup. She still holds the Nigerian record in the 400 m hurdles, after improving on her personal best to 54.40 seconds during the 2012 London Olympics semi-finals.
Born in Lagos, Odumosu attended Toybat High before moving to the United States to study at the University of South Alabama.
At the University of South Alabama, Odumosu represented the college's South Alabama Jaguars team, she was the 400 m Sun Belt Conference champion in 2004 but missed most of the 2004–05 season due to injury. In 2006, she became the indoor 400 m Sun Belt champion and took a sprint and hurdles double at the outdoor meeting. She reached the NCAA Championships final that year, but was disqualified due to knocking over a hurdle. She improved her personal record to 55.37 seconds to win at the Drake Relays in 2007 – a world-leading mark at that point of the season.
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