Abiola Ogunbanwo (born 19 April 2004)[1][2] is a Nigerian swimmer. In 2019, she represented Nigeria at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.[3] She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle and women's 200 metre freestyle events.[4][5] In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.[4][5]

Abiola Ogunbanwo
Personal information
Full nameHabibat Abiola Moyosore Ogunbanwo
Born (2004-04-19) 19 April 2004 (age 20)
Sport
SportSwimming

In 2018, she competed in two events at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) held in Hangzhou, China. In 2021, she competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

She broke the longstanding Nigerian record of 1:00.50 when she finished the 100 meters swimming with 59.74 seconds in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8][9][10]

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  1. ^ "Entry list - 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Abiola Ogunbanwo - Player Profile - Swimming". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Australia-based Abiola Ogunbanwo shines at Tokyo Olympics". Punch Newspapers. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Women's 200 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Ogunbanwo becomes first Nigerian woman to finish 100m freestyle under a minute". TheCable. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: 17-year-old Ogunbanwo smashes 14-year-old swimming record". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: 17-year old Ogunbanwon sets national swimming record". premiumtimesng.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Ogunbanwo breaks 14-year-old swimming record". The Sun Nigeria. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

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