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| Born | September 15, 1993 Rivers State, Nigeria | |||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road and Track | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Rider type | All rounder | |||||||||||||
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Glory Odiase (born 15 September 1993) is a Nigerian professional cyclist. [1] She won a gold medal while representing Nigeria in the women's time trial cycling event alongside Happiness Okafor, Rosemary Marcus, and Gripa Tombrapa at the 2015 All-Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville. [2]
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