Francis Obikwelu

**Francis Obiorah Obikwelu**, GOIH (amuru 22 Novemba 1978) bu onye oso oso  amuru na Naijiria bi na Portugal lara ezumike nka, onye ọkachamara na 100 mita na 200 mita . Ọ bụ onye ritere ọla ọcha Olympic na 2004 na 100 mita . N'otu oso ahụ, o debere  ndeko maka egwuruegwu European kembu na ihe omume ahụ na 9.86 sekọnd, nke guzoro ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ 17.

## Akụkọ ndụ
A mụrụ Obikwelu na Onitsha, Nigeria . Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na anọ, otu n'ime ndị nkuzi bọọlụ Obikwelu hụrụ ya wee tụrụ aro ka ọ nwalee egwuregwu . Ka afọ abụọ gachara, ọ nọchitere anya Naịjirịa na asọmpi Junior Africa nke 1994 wee nweta nrite ọlaọcha na 400 mita . 

Obikwelu kwagara Lisbon, Portugal ka ọ dị afọ iri na isii. Mgbe egwuregwu Lisboa e Benfica na Sporting Clube de Portugal jụrụ ya, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ewu ụlọ na Algarve . O kpebiri ịmụta Portuguese, na onye nkụzi ya tinye ya na kọntaktị na egwuregwu club Belenenses, ebe ọ maliteghachiri omume. Mgbe Obikwelu bi na Portugal, otu nwanyị nakweere ya nke ọ na-akpọ ugbu "nne" ya. 

N'ọnwa Julaị afọ 2000, onye na-agba ọsọ Naijiria nke nọ na Lisbon bụ Mercy Nku kwuru na Obikwelu ekpebiela ịsọ mpi na Portugal n'ihi ileghara anya ndị ọrụ egwuregwu Naịjirịa mgbe o merụrụ ahụ mgbe ọ nọchitere anya Naijiria na Sydney, Australia. "Ọ gara Canada ka a wara ya ahụ n'ikpere, ma-emefu ego nke ya." Obikwelu ghọrọ nwa amaala Portuguese na October 2001. 

Mmezu egwuregwu Obikwelu, akụkọ ndụ ya na àgwà ya mere ka ọ bụrụ onye a ma ama na Portugal, ebe a na-akpọ ya *Chico*, ụdị dị mkpụmkpụ nke ụdị Portuguese nke aha mbụ ya.

## Ọrụ egwuregwu
Obikwelu nwere ndekọ Europe maka oge kachasị ọsọ na 100 m na 9.86 sekọnd.  Ọ gụchara nke abụọ na 100 m n'egwuregwu Olimpik nke afọ 2004 na Athens, Greece, ihe nrite mbụ n'egwuregwu ịgba ọsọ maka Portugal . Ọ meriri 100 m na 200 m na 2006 na European Championship na Athletics wee bụrụ nwoke mbụ na-eme egwuregwu meriri na 100 m ya na 200 m na European Championship.

N'asọmpi ntozu n'egwuregwu Summer Olimpik nke afọ 2004, Obikwelu gbara ọsọ ugboro abụọ n'okpuru sekọnd iri, na-esetịpụ ndekọ mba. Na mgbe ikpeazụ, ọ gbakere site na ọnọdụ na-abụghị nke nrite na ọkara nke abụọ na oso ahu nweta ọlaọcha, nanị otu narị sekond n'azụ Justin Gatlin na otu narị n'ihu Maurice Greene, na-eti ihe ndekọ mbụ nke Europe nke Linford Christie setịpụrụ. n'afọ 1993. Obikwelu gbara nke ise na 200m.

A họpụtara Obikwelu *Waterford Crystal European Male Athlete of the Year maka 2006* site na European Athletic Association, na ntuli aka ịntanetị imeghe ndị otu federations, mgbasa ozi na izugbe ọha . 

Obikwelu kwuputara maka ịla ezumike nka n'asọmpi egwuregwu ka o rughị eru maka 100 m finals na 2008 Beijing Olympics, ma ọ weghachitere nkwupụta ahu, na-ikweta nsọpụrụ afọ ikpeazụ nke nkwekọrịta ya na track club.  Obikwelu meriri 100 m nrite ọla edo na egwuregwu Lusophony 2009 . 

## Ọnụọgụ

Dị ka 9 Septemba 2008

### Ihe kacha mma nkeonwe

* Ozi niile sitere na Profaịlụ IAAF 

### Ihe nrite na nkwanye ugwu

#### Egwuregwu Olympic

: 2nd 100 m, 2004 Athens, GRE 9.86
: 5th 200 m, 2004 Athens, GRE 20.14

#### Asọmpi mba ụwa

: 2nd 4 x 100m relay 1997 Athens, GRE 38.07
: 3rd 200 m 1999 Seville, ESP 20.11

#### Asọmpi ime ụlọ nke ụwa

: 3rd 200 m 1997 Paris, FRA 21.10

#### Asọmpi ime ụlọ nke Europe

: 1st 60 m 2011 Paris, FRA 6.53

#### Asọmpi European

: 1st 100 m 2002 Munich, GER
: 2nd 200 m 2002 Munich, GER
: 1st 100 m 2006 Goteborg, SWE 9.99
: 1st 200 m 2006 Goteborg, SWE 20.01

#### Njikọ ọla edo

: 1st 100 m 2004 Saint-Denis, FRA 10.06
: 1st 200 m 2004 Saint-Denis, FRA 20.12
: 1st 100 m 2001 Berlin, GER 9.98
: 2nd 100 m 2002 Brussels, BEL 10.01
: 3 nke 200 m 2004 Zurich, SUI 20.36
: 3rd 200 m 2004 Bergen, Ọ BỤGHỊ 20.46
: 1st 100 m 2008 Madrid. ESP 10.04

#### Grand Prix

: 1st 100 m 2002 Lausanne, SUI 10.09
: 3rd 200 m 2001 Athens, GRE 20.59
: 3rd 200 m 2001 Mma, FRA 20.41

#### Grand Prix nke Ikpeazụ

: 3rd 200 m 2001 Melbourne, AUS 20.52
: 5th 100 m 2002 Saint-Denis, FRA 10.03

#### Super Grand Prix

: 1st 200 m 2004 Madrid, ESP 20.29
: 2nd 100 m 2004 Lausanne, SUI 10.02
: 2nd 200 m 2003 Madrid, ESP 20.59

Obikwelu bụ onye mmeri ụwa junior n'afọ 1996 karịrị 100 m na 200 m.

### Iwu

*  Grand Cross nke Order nke Prince Henry 

## Ebensidee

## Njikọ mpụga

* Francis Obikwelu at World Athletics
* Francis Obikwelu at the International Olympic Committee
* Francis Obikwelu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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