| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Favour Oghenetejiri Ashe | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Nigerian Nightmare, Ashe Bolt | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 100m - 9.94s | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Favour Ashe (born 28 April 2002) is a Nigerian sprinter, currently competing for the University of Oregon. [1]
Ashe attended Otovwodo Grammar School in Ughelli, Nigeria before enrolling as a student at the University of Tennessee. Having only arrived in America in January 2022, Ashe came third in the men's 60-meter dash at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, and was runner up in the 100 metres at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He also came fourth in the 4 x 100m relay running with Wayne Pinnock, Carey McLeod and Emmanuel Bynum. [2] In 2022 Ashe ran the fastest time in history by any Nigerian athlete in all conditions, running a wind assisted 9.79s (+3.0) 100m heat at the LSU invitational meet in Baton Rouge. [3] Following the 2022 collegiate season, he transferred to Auburn University to continue his studies and athletic career. In June 2023 he set a new personal best running 9.96s in the 100m at the NCAA Championships held in Texas. [4]
In May 2024, he ran 9.94 seconds for the 100 metres at the NCAA East regional finals in Lexington, Kentucky and in doing so became the first Nigerian sprinter to run sub-10 seconds five times in three consecutive years. [5] He was runner-up in the 100m at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon running 9.99 seconds in the final.
In January 2025, Favour Ashe signed with the University of Oregon. [6]
Ashe ran a legal 100m personal best of 9.99s to win gold at the Nigerian national championships in 2022. [7] At the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Ashe qualified through to the semi-finals running 10.00s in his heat. [8] He went on to end his season with a bronze medal in the 4 x 100m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [9]
He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. [10] [11] He also competed in the men's 4x100m relay at the Games. [12]
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