Blessing Ogundiran
Nigerian athlete (born 1999)
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Blessing Ogundiran (born 11 November 1999) is a Nigerian sprinter. She was the Nigerian champion in 2023 over 100 metres and represented Nigeria at the 2023 African Games.[1]
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| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m: 7.28 (2026) 100m: 10.98 (2026) 200m: 24.73 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Ogundiran ran 11.54 seconds for the 100 metres as a teenager in 2017.[2] The following year, she lowered her personal best to 11.48 seconds in Abuja.[3]
She became the 2023 Nigerian national 100 metres champion in Benin City, running 11.50 seconds in the final to win ahead of Faith Okwose.[4][5] She was part of the gold medal winning women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra in March 2024.[6] In May 2024, she won the 100 metres at the MTN Champs event in Calabar with a time of 11.55 seconds.[7]
Competing in the United States for Warner University in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in January 2026, she ran a new personal best and school record to win the 60 metres at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational in Florida.[8] She then won the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships over 60 metres in Gainesville, Florida.[9][10]
In April 2026, she set a new school record for Warner University and a NAIA 100 metres record at the Embry-Riddle Classic, running 11.21s (+0.5). The following week at the South Florida Invitational she ran a new record and personal best time of 10.98s (+0.6) in the women’s 100 m.[11] In doing so, she became the ninth Nigeria woman to break the 11-second barrier for the distance.[12] She was named as part of the Nigerian team for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[13]
In June 2026, Ogundiran emerged as the Nigerian national champion in the 100m, running 11.12 seconds (-0.5m/s) in the final at the Nigerian national trials. The event was held at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex.[14][15] At the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, she received a bye into the 100 metres semi-finals but did not start due to health issues.[16][17]