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Fidelis Gadzama

Fidelis Gadzama

Nigerian sprinter

Fidelis Gadzama (born 20 October 1979) is a Nigerian athlete and Olympic medalist.

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Gadzama was a part of the Nigerian team that received a silver medal in the 4 x 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 4x400 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.[citation needed]

In May 2014, he was elected as a Labour Party Merton London Borough Councillor for Cannon Hill. [3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fidelis Gadzama". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
  2. [2]
    IOC decision in the doping case of Mr. Antonio Pettigrew Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (August 2, 2008) (Retrieved on 27 September 2008)
  3. [3]
    "Olympic gold medallist Fidelis Gadzama to stand for councillor in Cannon Hill, Merton". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. [4]
    "LOCAL ELECTIONS 2014: Labour takes full control of Merton as seats split beween [sic] four parties". SWLondoner. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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