Davidson Ezinwa (born 22 November 1971) is a former sprinter from Nigeria.

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Davidson Ezinwa

Personal information
Nationality	Nigerian
Born	(1971-11-22) 22 November 1971 (age 52)
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.94 200 m: 20.30
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Nigeria Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 4x100 m relay World Championships 1997 Athens 4x100 m relay Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland 100 m All-Africa Games 1995 Harare 100 m World Junior Championships 1990 Plovdiv 100 m 1990 Plovdiv 200 m 1990 Plovdiv 4x100 m relay

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He won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships, both in 4 x 100 metres relay. He also won a 60 metres silver medal at the 1997 World Indoor Championships.

In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.94 seconds, although he has recorded 9.91 s, albeit with a doubtful wind reading of -2.3 m/s which is an unlikely weather condition for records. In any case his result ranks him second in Nigeria, behind Olusoji Fasuba, and fifth in Africa, behind Ferdinand Omanyala, Akani Simbine, Fasuba and Frankie Fredericks.^[1] His personal best 200 metres time is 20.30 seconds, from 1990.

Ezinwa established a new World junior record in the 100-meter dash in 1990 (10.05), breaking Stanley Floyd's ten-year-old record (10.07). Ezinwa's record was not broken until 2003, when Darrel Brown ran a 10.01 100-meter dash.

He is the identical twin brother of Osmond Ezinwa. Both attended the Christian university Azusa Pacific University. Davidson Ezinwa tested positive for doping twice; for ephedrine in February 1996, and together with Osmond for hCG in 1999.^[2]