Sunday Bada

**Sunday Bada** (22 June 1969&nbsp;– 12 December 2011) ichi Nigeria sprinter ichẹnẹ ki ẹñwu ejumà ñwu chi 400 metres event. Ilà jẹ mẹdàl mẹtà efu World Indoor Championships, kpài onugo mẹdàl ọjàmàliyà efu ọdọ 1997. Iko ogbogàgà ñwu chi 44.63 meji, kpài 45.51 meji ejefu I gwọyu ẹñwu African indoor record. I dàtànẹ national record efu 4 x 400 metres relay ẹgbà 2000 Olympics, ubgo ki Nigerian team onugo jẹ mẹdàl ọjàmàliyà ubi Ku mà ni Ibo team US kumà Che kpà dọgbà .

## Early career
Mà bi Bada efewo Kaduna ñwi àtà kpài iye kwi Ogidi, Kogi State. I le gwudu efu ọdọ 1990, pkài bronze medals efu 200 and 400 metres ẹgbà 1990 African Championships. ọdọ ki tọgba, ẹgbà 1991 All-Africa Games, I jẹ mẹdàl àjifà efu 400 metres. I mudà tukpoji ñwu tàki Che pkà efu 400 metres efu ọdọ 1992 Olympics, àmà efu 4 x 400 metres relay I fọti Che mẹnẹ kèlu do kpai Nigerian team. e fu ọdọ lẹ gẹ Ifi 45-second barrier pkọfọ to do ki rùle efu 400 m in 44.99 seconds, efu ochu ẹkẹlà ugbo Havana. eñwu eyi Che efu 1992 IAAF World Cup, ugbo event ki jẹ.

Bada mu di Nigerian 400 metres champion in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2001. I là ñwo rule efu Indian championship ofu ọdọ 1994  I là mudu.

## World championships
Bada made his definite breakthrough in 1993, ẹgbà ki du medal àjifà efu World Indoor Championships. Efu ọdọ lẹ gẹ I là ñwo mu ẹnẹ ẹkẹlu do efu 1993 World Championships. efu otilàlà World Championships h clocked in 44.63 seconds, ẹnẹ ekeji mà mà ki hika chepka Nigeria sprinter, ubi Innocent Egbunike's 44.17&nbsp;s.

efu ọdọ 1994 he added almost a second to his season's best, running in 45.55 seconds in Monaco. The season highlight was a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. efu ọdọ 1995, however, ñwo nẹ àjifà e keji efu he World Indoor Championships àmà efuWorld Championships I fẹ kẹjọ Che . efu ọdọ 1995 World Championships relay I jẹ bronze medal dàmà pkài abo ñwu Udeme Ekpeyong, Kunle Adejuyigbe and Jude Monye. ubi ànẹ, efu All-Africa Games e ñwọ jẹ 200 metres pkài I ñwo du àjifà 400 m. He ran 44.83 seconds as a season's best in 1995; then 44.88 in 1996. At the 1996 Olympics he reached the final in neither 400 nor the relay. In the 1996–97 indoor season he achieved his best result with a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships. He ran in 45.51&nbsp;seconds, a life best performance indoor, and also the African indoor record for the event.

However, Bada just barely managed to improve this time during the outdoor season, with 45.37 seconds, and would never run a sub-45 race again. In individual competitions he was successively eliminated before the final of the 1997 World Championships, efu 1999 World Indoor Championships, efu 1999 World Championships, efu 2000 Olympic Games, efu 2001 World Indoor Championships efu 2001 World Championships. A highlight in these years was the 4&nbsp;x&nbsp;400&nbsp;m relay at the 2000 Olympics, ugbo ki udàmà eyi Nigeria Fi melẹdàl àjifà, ubi ànẹ Ku mà kibo US jànẹ I mi ọjàmàliyà  gbà . Nigeria also established a national record time of 2:58.68 minutes.

## Post-active career
Bada retired following the 2001 season. After his active career Bada was the technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria.I lekwu efu ochu ẹkẹ gweji efu ọdọ 2011 efu National Stadium, Lagos.

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