Abiola Ogunbanwo Explained

Abiola Ogunbanwo
Full Name:Habibat Abiola Moyosore Ogunbanwo
Birth Date:2004 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Lagos, Nigeria

Habibat Abiola Moyosore Ogunbanwo (born 19 April 2004 in Lagos, Nigeria)[1] [2] [3] is a Nigerian swimmer. In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.[4] She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle and women's 200 metre freestyle events.[5] [6] In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.[5] [6]

In 2018, she competed in two events at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Hangzhou, China. In 2021, she competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[7]

She broke the longstanding Nigerian record of 1:00.50 when she finished the 100 meters swimming with 59.74 seconds in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Early life

Ogunbanwo was born in Nigeria and moved with her parents to Australia around 2008. She lived in Canberra, attended St Clare’s College, and trained at the Woden Valley Swim Club.[12] In 2021 she moved to Kazan, Russia, to train at the FINA Development Centre[13] for the (postponed) 2020 Olympics. In 2024 she was a student at the University of Canberra.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry list - 2019 World Aquatics Championships . omegatiming.com . 26 July 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726214154/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001130107FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF20.pdf . 26 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Abiola Ogunbanwo - Player Profile - Swimming . Eurosport.com . 25 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Youth Co-Researchers . 2024-11-07 . African Diaspora Youth Belonging in Australia . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Australia-based Abiola Ogunbanwo shines at Tokyo Olympics . Punch Newspapers . 28 July 2021 . 25 March 2022.
  5. Web site: Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships . omegatiming.com . 26 July 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200726213050/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 26 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Women's 200 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships . omegatiming.com . 28 July 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200728111055/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EE01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf . 28 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 2 August 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728110520/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMW100MFR------------HEAT--------.pdf . 28 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Tokyo Olympics: Ogunbanwo becomes first Nigerian woman to finish 100m freestyle under a minute . TheCable . 28 July 2021 . 25 March 2022.
  9. Web site: Tokyo Olympics: 17-year-old Ogunbanwo smashes 14-year-old swimming record . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . 28 July 2021 . 25 March 2022.
  10. Web site: Tokyo Olympics: 17-year old Ogunbanwon sets national swimming record . premiumtimesng.com . 28 July 2021 . 25 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Ogunbanwo breaks 14-year-old swimming record . The Sun Nigeria . 29 July 2021 . 25 March 2022.
  12. Web site: Ritchie . Rosa . 2021-01-17 . Canberra swimmer Habibat Ogunbanwo races to Russia on the road to Tokyo 2021 . 2024-11-07 . Canberra Daily . en-AU.
  13. Web site: Habibat Ogunbanwo – the first girl, who has joined our team after pandemic! . 2024-11-07 . fina-development.com.
  14. Web site: Theory Workshops . 2024-11-07 . AARE . en-GB.

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