Glory Alozie

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Glory Alozie
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Nigeria /  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver 2000 Sydney 100 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver 1999 Sevilla 100 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Silver 1999 Maebashi 60 m hurdles
Silver 2003 Birmingham 60 m hurdles
Silver 2006 Moscow 60 m hurdles
European Athletics Championships
Gold 2002 Munchen 100 m hurdles

Glory Alozie Oluchi (born 30 December 1977 in Amator, Abia State) is a Nigerian-born Spanish track and field athlete competing mostly in hurdling.[1]

The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a major international event. While representing Nigeria she became African champion twice, and she still holds the African record and Commonwealth record at 100 metres hurdles.[2]

On 6 July 2001 she officially became a Spanish citizen.

Personal bests

Event Time Date Venue
100 m 10.90 6 May 1999 La Laguna, Spain
200 m 23.09 14 July 2001 La Laguna, Spain
100 m hurdles 12.44 8 August 1998 Monaco

Achievements

Representing  Nigeria
1995 African Junior Championships Bouaké, Ivory Coast 2nd 100 m hurdles
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 2nd 100 m hurdles
1996 African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 1st 100 m hurdles
1998 Grand Prix Final Moscow, Russia 3rd 100 m hurdles
1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st 100 m hurdles
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 2nd 60 m hurdles
1999 World Championships Sevilla, Spain 2nd 100 m hurdles
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2nd 100 m hurdles
2000 Grand Prix Final Doha, Qatar 2nd 100 m hurdles
Representing  Spain
2002 World Cup Madrid, Spain 3rd 100 m hurdles
2002 World Cup Madrid, Spain 5th 100 m
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 100 m hurdles
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 4th 100 m
2002 Grand Prix Final Paris, France 4th 100 m hurdles
2003 European Cup Florence, Italy 3rd 100 m
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, Alabama 2nd 60 m hurdles
2003 European Indoor Cup Leipzig, Germany 1st 60 m hurdles
2003 World Athletics Final Monaco 2nd 100 m hurdles
2003 World Championships Paris Saint-Denis, France 4th 100 m hurdles
2003 European Cup Florence, Italy 1st 100 m hurdles
2004 European Indoor Cup Leipzig, Germany 2nd 60 m hurdles
2004 World Athletics Final Monaco 4th 100 m hurdles
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 4th 60 m hurdles
2005 World Athletics Final Monaco 5th 100 m hurdles
2005 European Cup First League (A) Gävle, Sweden 2nd 100 m hurdles
2005 European Cup First League (A) Gävle, Sweden 1st 100 m
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 1st 100 m hurdles
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 60 m hurdles
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th 100 m hurdles
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 4th 100 m hurdles

References

  1. ↑ Glory Alozie. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-12.
  2. ↑ Minshull, Phil (1998). Alozie after further glory on African soil. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-12.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sweden Ludmila Engquist		 Women's 100m Hurdles Best Year Performance
1998 		Succeeded by
United States Gail Devers
European champions in women's 100 m hurdles
  • 1965: 80 m hurdles
  • 1973 – present: 100 m hurdles
After the 1967 Mediterranean Games the 80 m Hurdles was scratched and replaced by the 100 m Hurdles


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