Omolade Akinremi

Akinremi at the 2003 Military World Games.

Omolade "Lade" Akinremi (born 13 September 1974) is a retired Nigerian hurdler. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Akinremi was an All-American runner for the Arizona State Sun Devils track and field team, finishing runner-up in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1995 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. ^[2] Her sisters Omotayo "Tayo" Akinremi and Christy "Taiye" Akinremi  [ fr ] were also athletes. ^[3] They all ran for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs before transferring to the Arizona State Sun Devils program. ^{[4] [5]}

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Nigeria
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	3rd	400m hurdles	56.97
			1st (h) [6]	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.56
	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	3rd	400 m	57.97
1991	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	400 m hurdles	58.16
1992	African Championships	Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius	3rd	400 m	53.14
			3rd	400 m hurdles	57.43
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	7th	400 m hurdles	58.47
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.97
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	10th (sf)	400 m	53.20
			–	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	25th (h)	400 m	51.79
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.85
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	4th	400 m hurdles	56.11
	All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe	1st	400 m hurdles	56.1
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	6th	400 m hurdles	59.53
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	400 m hurdles	56.98
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	7th	400 m hurdles	59.08

Personal bests

• 400 metres hurdles - 55.98 s (2001)
• 400 metres - 53.09 s (2001)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lade Akinremi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
2. "400 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
3. "Nigeria: Akinremi Raises Alarm: 'Nigerian Athletes Not Serious With Education'". allafrica.com . vanguardngr.com. Omotayo and Omolade Akinremi, like senior sister Christy, are also into hurdles. Omotayo even does the 400m and the relay.
4. "Track & Field Women's Outdoor Records". thesundevils.com . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
5. "The NCAA News Volume 29 Number 23" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletics Association.
6. Disqualified in the final.

External links

• Omolade Akinremi at World Athletics