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Samuel Ogazi
Ogazi in 2024
Personal information
NationalityNigerian
Born (2006-05-14) 14 May 2006 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 10.90 (Abuja, 2022)
200 m: 20.54 (Tuscaloosa, 2026)
400 m: 43.38 (Eugene, 2026) NR
Indoor
400 m: 44.57 (Fayetteville, 2026) AR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Glasgow400 m
Bronze medal – third place2026 GlasgowMixed 4x400 m relay
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Douala400 m
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Port of Spain200 m
Gold medal – first place2023 Port of Spain400 m
Gold medal – first place2023 Port of SpainMixed 4x100 m relay
African U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Ndola200m
Gold medal – first place2023 Ndola400m

Samuel Uchenna Ogazi[1] Listenⓘ (born 14 May 2006) is a Nigerian sprinter. He is the Nigerian national record holder over 400 metres and the African record holder over 400 metres indoors. In 2026, he won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and won both the NCAA Indoor Championships and NCAA Outdoor Championships titles in the United States, having also won the NCAA outdoor title in 2025.

Ogazi was a bronze medalist at the 2024 African Championships and competed for Nigeria at the 2024 Olympic Games and 2025 World Championships.[2]

Biography

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Ogazi was based as a teenager in Kaduna.[3] Ogazi competed in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[4]

Ogazi won the 200m and 400m at the African U18 Championships in Ndola, Zambia.[5] He won gold over 200 metres and 400 metres at the Athletics at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. He also won gold in the mixed 4 × 100 m relay as his Nigerian team set a new games record.[6] In 2023, he accepted a scholarship to study at the University of Alabama.[7]

In March 2024, Ogazi set a new Nigerian under-18 record for the 400 metres, running 45.35s to finish second overall behind Christopher Morales Williams in Louisiana.[8] The following month he lowered his personal best to 45.29 seconds in Florida.[9] Ogazi competed for Nigeria at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[10] With a time of 3:12.87, the Nigerian Mixed 4x400m team of Ogazi, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Chidi Okezie and Esther Joseph set a new Nigerian national record and African Continental record at the event on 5 May 2024.[11] Later that month he lowered his personal best to 44.53 seconds in Lexington, Kentucky.[12] He was runner-up at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, running 44.52 seconds.[13] In June 2024, Ogazi won bronze in the 400 metres at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon.[14] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, where he ran a personal best on his way to the final, where he placed seventh overall.[15][16] He also competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the Games.[17]

Ogazi won the 400 metres title at the 2025 SEC Championships in Lexington, Kentucky in May 2025.[18] In June 2025, he also won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships 400 metres title in Eugene, Oregon.[19][20] Ogazi was selected for the Nigerian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He ran in the heats of the men's 400 metres without advancing to the semi-finals, later revealing that he ran with a leg injury.[21][22][23]

In February 2026, Ogazi competed at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, in Albuquerque, and ran an indoor personal best of 44.85 seconds for the 400 metres.[24] That month, he ran a facility record time of 44.72 seconds to win the 400 metres at the SEC Indoor Championships.[25] On 14 March, he set an African indoor record as he won the 400 metres at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, running 44.57 seconds to move to fourth on the world all-time indoors list.[26][27]

On 2 May 2026, Ogazi ran a personal best and joint world-leading time of 44.02 in Athens, Georgia, USA.[28] The mark ties him for the seventh-fastest time in NCAA history and breaks the long-standing Nigerian national record of 44.17 set by Innocent Egbunike in 1987, elevating him to sixth on the African all-time list.[29] On 17 May 2026, Ogazi ran 43.95 in the men’s 400 m at the SEC Championships, becoming the fifth-fastest man in collegiate history.[30] Ogazi ran in the NCAA East Regionals between 27 and 30 May 2026. Ogazi ran the preliminaries at 44.61 seconds in the men's 400 metres.[31] In the quarterfinal round on May 29, Ogazi improved on his world-leading time in the event with 43.82 seconds.[32][33] On 12 June, Ogazi won the 400 metres at the 2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in a new personal best and world-leading time of 43.38 seconds. This time put him fourth on the world all-time list and broke the NCAA record for the 400 metres previously held by Michael Norman.[34] Ogazi ran 44.57 seconds on 10 July to win the 400 metres in Memphis, Tennessee at the Ed Murphey Classic.[35] On 1 August, he won the 400 metres final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, running 44.25 seconds in the final.[36] Later that day, he won a bronze medal in the final of the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay.[37]

References

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  1. ↑ "Olympedia – Samuel Ogazi". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Samuel Ogazi". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Samuel Ogazi is star athlete as AFN golden league ends in Abuja". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Men's 4x400m Results: World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2022". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Top 12 Nigerian Male Athletes in 2023 – Part 1". Making of Champs. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Eludini, Tunde (11 August 2023). "Commonwealth Youth Games: Team Nigeria sets new record, wins three gold medals on final day". Premium Times. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  7. ↑ Fameso, Funmilayo (1 December 2023). "Samuel Ogazi: Nigeria's most talented 200m/400m sprinter gains US college scholarship at the University of Alabama". Pulse Sports.
  8. ↑ "Samuel Ogazi joins idol Chidi Okezie in illustrious 400m mark, breaks Nigerian 26-year-old youth record". Pulse Sports. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ogazi & Onojuvwevwo blast to PBs at Tom Jones Memorial Classic!". Making of Champs. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ofili, Okere made our jons easy in Bahamas says AFN". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Two Nigerian teams qualify for Olympic Games Relays". Premium Times. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "NCAA East". World Athletics. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Rodriguez, Kyle (7 June 2024). "Here Are The NCAA Track And Field Championships Results On Day 3". Flotrack. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Brume sails to fourth title as Bass Bittaye and Moraa win at African Championships in Douala". World Athletics. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "AFN lists 35 track-and-field athletes for Olympics". The Punch. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "Mixed 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  18. ↑ Woods, David (18 May 2025). "JAMEESIA FORD, JORDAN ANTHONY RUN BLAZING DOUBLES; GEORGIA WOMEN, ARKANSAS MEN WIN SEC TITLES". Runnerspace. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  19. ↑ Nelson, Matt (13 June 2025). "Tapiwanashe Makarawu speeds to shocking victory at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships". Olympics.com. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "Nathaniel, Makarawu and Mullings shine at NCAA Championships". World Athletics. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  21. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  22. ↑ Adebayo, Olusola (31 August 2025). "Amusan, Brumen, In as AFN Unveils 15-Man Squad for World Athletics Championships, Ofili Missing". Sports247. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  23. ↑ "Why I ran 400m despite injury – Ogazi". The Punch. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 23 Sep 2025.
  24. ↑ "Ogazi wins SEC Runner of the Week News". Daily Sport. 13 Feb 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  25. ↑ "ARKANSAS MEN, FLORIDA WOMEN HOIST TROPHIES AT SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Runnerspace. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  26. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (March 15, 2026). "NCAA Indoor men: Colin Sahlman wins controversial 3000 via DQ, as sprint records fall". Lets Run. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  27. ↑ "Kaalund and Tharp threaten world records at NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  28. ↑ "Samuel Ogazi Clocks World-Leading Time, Sets Nigerian National Record in Tide's Regular-Season Finale". Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  29. ↑ Abe, Olamide (2026-05-03). "Ogazi breaks 30-year 400m national record". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  30. ↑ "ARKANSAS MEN, FLORIDA WOMEN CELEBRATE SEC TEAM TITLES". Dye Stat. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  31. ↑ "Men 400 M". flashresults.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  32. ↑ Ogeyingbo, Deji (2026-05-28). "In Lexington, Samuel Ogazi begins another statement run towards Eugene". runblogrun. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  33. ↑ "Men 400 M (Quarterfinals) Summary". flashresults.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  34. ↑ "NCAA SPRINT FINALS PRODUCE FASTEST TIMES IN THE WORLD IN THE 100, 200 AND 400 METERS". Dyestat. 12 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  35. ↑ "Kadrian Goldson and Rojé Stona strike gold at Ed Murphey Classic". Jamaica Observer. July 10, 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  36. ↑ Crumley, Euan. "MATT DENNY'S GOLDEN THROW PUTS HIM IN ELITE COMMONWEALTH COMPANY". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  37. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
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