Halimat Ismaila

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Halimat Ismaila (born July 3, 1984 in Ilorin, Kwara) is a Nigerian athlete who won a bronze medal in 4x100 metre relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Ismaila represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed fourth in a time of 11.72 which was not enough to advance to the second round.^[1] Together with Ene Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Agnes Osazuwa and Oludamola Osayomi she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their first round heat (without Ismaila) they placed fourth behind Belgium, Great Britain and Brazil. Their time of 43.43 seconds was the best non-directly qualifying time and the sixth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they replaced Osazuwa with Ismaila. They sprinted to a time of 43.04 seconds, a third place and a bronze medal after Russia and Belgium.^[1]

Achievements

Representing Nigeria
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	3rd	4x100 m relay	43.04 s

References

sports-reference
Halimat Ismaila profile at IAAF

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Athlete biography: Halimat Ismaila, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 27, 2008

Persondata
Name	Ismalila, Halimat
Alternative names
Short description	Nigerian sprinter
Date of birth	July 3, 1984
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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