Chinedu Oriala

Chinedu Oriala
Personal information
Full nameCyril Chinedu Oriala
Born (1981-11-17) 17 November 1981
Umuahia, Abia, Nigeria
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Nigeria
SportAthletics
Event(s)
100 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Johannesburg 4×100 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers 4×100 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Radès 4×100 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Brazzaville 4×100 m

Cyril Chinedu Oriala (born 17 November 1981) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.[1]

Oriala represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] He competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay together with Obinna Metu, Onyeabor Ngwogu and Uchenna Emedolu. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange and they were eliminated.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Athlete biography: Chinedu Oriala". beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chinedu Oriala". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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