Emma Ania
| File:Emma Ania 2009b (cropped).jpg Ania in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 7 February 1980 (age 46) Islington, London |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprints |
| Club | Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers |
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Emma Iwebunor Ania is a former track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Great Britain.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Ania attended St Thomas More School, Wood Green[2] and studied biology at Brunel University.[3] She finished third behind Abi Oyepitan in the 100 metres event at the 2004 AAA Championships.[4][5]
Ania represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4×100 metres relay together with Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas and Emily Freeman. In their first round heat they placed second behind Belgium and in front of Brazil and Nigeria. Their time of 43.02 seconds was the fourth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they did not finish due to a mistake in the baton exchange.[1][6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Athlete biography: Emma Ania, beijing2008.cn, ret: 30 August 2008
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External links
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- Emma Ania at World AthleticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Emma Ania at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Emma Ania at Team GB (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Emma Ania at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- English women sprinters
- British women sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Wood Green
- Athletes from the London Borough of Haringey
- Alumni of Brunel University London
- Black British sportswomen
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Olympic women sprinters
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
- English sprinter stubs