Glory Alozie
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Glory Alozie Oluchi is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling
Hurdling
Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...

. The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a major international event. While representing Nigeria she became African champion twice, and she still holds the African record
African records in athletics
African records in athletics are the best marks set in a track and field and road running events by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Confederation of African Athletics . The organisation is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it...

 and Commonwealth record at 100 metres hurdles
100 metres hurdles
The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

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On July 6, 2001 she officially became a Spanish citizen.

Personal bests

Date Event Venue Time
May 6, 1999 100 m La Laguna, Mexico 10.90
July 14, 2001 200 m La Laguna, Mexico 23.09
August 8, 1998 100 m hurdles Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

12.44

Achievements

1995 African Junior Championships 2nd 100 m hurdles
1996 IAAF World Junior Championships
1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 1996 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Sydney, Australia.-Men:-Women:-Medals table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com...

Sydney
Sydney
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, Australia
2nd 100 m hurdles
1996 African Championships
1996 African Championships in Athletics
-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics...

1st 100 m hurdles
1998 IAAF Golden League / Grand Prix Final Moscow, Russia 3rd 100 m hurdles
1998 African Championships
1998 African Championships in Athletics
The 11th African Championships in Athletics were held in Dakar, Senegal, from August 18 to August 22 in the Stade Leopold Senghor.-Track:-Field:-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics...

Dakar
Dakar
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, Senegal
Senegal
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1st 100 m hurdles
1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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Maebashi, Japan 2nd 60 m hurdles
1999 IAAF World Championships Sevilla, Spain 2nd 100 m hurdles
2000 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
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Sydney
Sydney
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, Australia
2nd 100 m hurdles
2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final Doha
Doha
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, Qatar
Qatar
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2nd 100 m hurdles
2002 IAAF World Cup Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain
5th 100 m
2002 European Championships in Athletics Munich
Munich
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, Germany
4th 100 m
2002 IAAF World Cup
2002 IAAF World Cup
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Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain
3rd 100 m hurdles
2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final Paris, France 4th 100 m hurdles
2002 European Championships in Athletics
2002 European Championships in Athletics
The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany.-Track:1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 |...

Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Germany
1st 100 m hurdles
2003 SPAR European Cup Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Italy
3rd 100 m
2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK...

Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
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2nd 60 m hurdles
2003 European Indoor Cup Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

, Germany
1st 60 m hurdles
2003 IAAF World Athletics Final Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

2nd 100 m hurdles
2003 IAAF World Championships Paris Saint-Denis, France 4th 100 m hurdles
2003 SPAR European Cup Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Italy
1st 100 m hurdles
2004 European Indoor Cup Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

, Germany
2nd 60 m hurdles
2004 IAAF World Athletics Final Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

4th 100 m hurdles
2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain
4th 60 m hurdles
2005 European Cup First League Group A Gävle
Gävle
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, Sweden
1st 100 m
2005 IAAF World Athletics Final Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

5th 100 m hurdles
2005 European Cup First League Group A Gävle
Gävle
Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 71,033 inhabitants in 12/31 2010. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland , having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria.-History:It is believed that the name Gävle...

, Sweden
2nd 100 m hurdles
2005 Mediterranean Games
2005 Mediterranean Games
The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005, commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 July 2005, where 3,214 athletes from 21 countries participated...

Almería
Almería
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, Spain
1st 100 m hurdles
2006 World Indoor Championships
2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena....

Moscow, Russia 2nd 60 m hurdles
2006 European Championships in Athletics Gothenburg
Gothenburg
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, Sweden
4th 100 m hurdles
2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 11.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Results:-Round 1:...

2009 Mediterranean Games
Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
At the 2009 Mediterranean Games, the athletics events were held in Pescara, Italy from 30 June to 3 July.-Medal summary:-Men:-Women:-Disability athletics:-Games records:-Medal table:Key:-Participating nations:...

Pescara
Pescara
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, Italy
4th 100 m hurdles
Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games – Results
These are the official results of the athletics competition at the 2009 Mediterranean Games taking place on June 30 – July 3, 2009 in Pescara, Italy.-100 meters:Heats – July 1Wind:Heat 1: +2.2 m/s, Heat 2: +2.4 m/sFinal – July 1Wind:+1.0 m/s...


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