Fidelis Gadzama
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Fidelis Gadzama | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Merton London Borough Council for Cannon Hill | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2014–2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 October 1979 (age 46) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Fidelis Gadzama (born 20 October 1979) is a Nigerian athlete and Olympic medalist.
Gadzama was a part of the Nigerian team that received a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.[1]
The Nigerian team finished second behind the US team, which has later been formally disqualified from the 4 × 400 meters relay event at the 2000 Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, due to one of the team members' use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs while competing in Sydney.[2]
On 21 July 2012, the 2000 Olympics 4 × 400 m relay medals were reallocated after the USA team was stripped of the gold medal, meaning Gadzama and Nigeria are the gold medalists.[3]
In May 2014, he was elected as a Labour Party Merton London Borough Councillor for Cannon Hill.[4][5]
