Fatima Yusuf
Fatima Yusuf ( born 2 May 1971 in Owo, Nigeria ) is a former Nigerian athlete. She won 1996 Olympic silver in the 4 x 400 - meter relay.
Career
In the Africa Championships in 1989, she won silver in the 400 -meter run and gold with the 4 x 400 - meter relay. In January 1990, she put in the 400 - meter dash with 51.08 seconds on their first Africa record and won with this time the finals at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland. With the 4 x 100 - meter relay in the cast Beatrice Utondu, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara and Chioma Ajunwa she finished in 44.67 seconds in third place behind the Australian and the English squadron. At the Junior World Championships in 1990, she won the 400 -meter run. The African Cup of their reach then four successes, she won the 200 meters and 400 meters and with two seasons. In 1991, she won at the Africa Games gold over 400 meters and the 4 x 400 - meter relay and silver over 200 meters. At the 1991 World Championships she finished with the season in fifth place.
After two weak years, Fatima Yusuf came back in 1994, she won at the Commonwealth Games in 50.53 seconds behind the silver Australian Cathy Freeman and finished well in the World Cup second place. In 1995, she won at the Africa Games in both the 400 m and with the season, at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg she was in 50.70 seconds in five. On September 15, 1995, she placed at a height of Harare with 49.43 seconds on her personal best and record their fourth Africa.
At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, she took over 400 meters in 49.77 seconds in sixth place. With the season in the cast Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara and Falilat Ogunkoya she ran in 3:21,04 minutes for the silver medal behind the U.S. Americans, the time has existing Africa record (as of December 23, 2008 ). 1987 Fatima Yusuf occupied with the Nigerian season in seventh place at the World Championships. Sixth, it was in 22.42 seconds over 200 meters at the World Championships in 1999, after she had improved her personal best to 22.28 seconds in the quarter-finals. Three weeks after the World Championships, she won in 22.45 seconds the 200 -meter run at the African Games.
At a height of 1.80 m, they had a competition weight of 64 kg. She studied at Azusa Pacific University.