Clement Chukwu

Clement Chukwu (born 7 July 1973) is a former Nigerian athlete who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.

Clement C. Chukwu

Personal information
Nationality	Nigerian
Born	(1973-07-07) 7 July 1973 Umuahia, Nigeria
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	200 m, 400 m
College team	Eastern Michigan University
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Nigeria Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay Representing Africa IAAF World Cup 1998 Johannesburg 4x400 m relay

Academics

Chukwu attended Eastern Michigan University where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning, minoring in Geography, and a Master of Science degree in Geographical Information Systems. He is currently the Planning Director for the City of Pickerington, Ohio, a suburb southeast of Columbus.

Track and Field

After being banned from 1992 to 1996 for a positive drug test he reemerged at the 1996 Olympics over 400 metres, being knocked out in the quarter-finals. He later won gold medals in this event at the 1997 Universiade and the 1998 African Championships, and a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games. At the 2000 Olympics he was a part of the Nigerian team that won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, which was later elevated to gold after the USA team was stripped of the gold medal.

His personal bests are: 200 meters Outdoor is 20:30 in 1998; 200 meters Indoor 20:78; 400 meters Outdoor 44.65; 400 meters Indoor

He was inducted into the Eastern Michigan Hall of Fame in 2011.

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• Clement Chukwu at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clement Chukwu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.