Personal information | |
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Full name | Gentle Offoin |
National team | ![]() |
Born | 19 August 1973 |
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Gentle Offoin (born 19 August 1973) is a Nigerian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. [1] He held a Nigerian record in the 100 m freestyle, and later represented Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Offoin competed only in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 53.08. [2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Trinidad and Tobago's 16-year-old George Bovell and Seychelles' three-time Olympian Kenny Roberts. He cleared a 53-second barrier, and established a Nigerian record of 52.91 to race for a sixth seed, finishing behind Bovell by a hundredth of a second (0.01). Offoin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixtieth overall in the prelims. [3] [4]
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