Career
He competed in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [4]
He won the 200m and 400m at the 2023 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics in Ndola, Zambia. [5] He won gold over 200 metres and 400 metres at the Athletics at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. He also won gold in the mixed 4 × 100 m relay as his Nigerian team set a new games record. [6]
In March 2024, he set a new Nigerian under-18 record for the 400 metres, running 45.35s to finish second overall behind Christopher Morales Williams in Louisiana. [7] The following month he lowered his personal best to 45.29 seconds in Florida. [8]
He competed for Nigeria at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [9] With a time of 3:12.87, the Nigerian Mixed 4x400m team of Ogazi, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Chidi Okezie and Esther Joseph set a new Nigerian national record and African Continental record at the event on 5 May 2024. [10] Later that month he lowered his personal best to 44.53 seconds in Lexington, Kentucky. [11] He was runner-up at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, running 44.52 seconds. [12]
In June 2024, he won bronze in the 400 metres at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. [13] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, where he ran a personal best on his way to the final, where he placed seventh overall. [14] [15] He also competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay at the Games. [16]
He won the 400 metres title at the 2025 SEC Championships in Lexington, Kentucky in May 2025. [17] In June 2025, he also won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships 400 metres title in Eugene, Oregon. [18] [19]
He was selected for the Nigerian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [20]
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