Femi Seun Ogunode (born 15 May 1991) is a Nigerian-born sprint athlete who competes internationally for Qatar since 2010.OGUNODE Femi Seun – Biography . Guangzhou2010. Retrieved on 10 December 2010. His personal best of 9.91 at the 100 m in 2015 made him the former holder of the Asian 100 m record, which was tied by China's Su Bingtian in 2018 and surpassed in 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ogunode made his international debut for Qatar at the 2010 Asian Games and won a 200 metres/400 metres double. The following year he won Asian and Arab titles over 200 m as well as the 100 metres/200 meter sprint titles at the 2011 Military World Games. He was a finalist in the 400 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
He won his second career double at the Asian Games in 2014, this time in the 100 m/200 m, and set an Asian record of 9.93 seconds for the former event (the second Asian man to break the 10-second barrier after fellow Qatari-Nigerian Samuel Francis). He also won bronze medals that year at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2014 IAAF Continental Cup.
Career In Nigeria, Ogunode ran for University of Ibadan and qualified for the 2007 All-Africa Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria left him off of the final rosters for both events for undisclosed reasons. Following these slights, Ogunode accepted an offer to compete internationally for Qatar.
He moved to Qatar in October 2009 and began international competition the following year. He won the 100 metres and 200 metres at the West Asian Championships and was entered into the 2010 Asian Games. At the Games in Guangzhou he took two gold medals, winning over 200 m and 400 metres with personal bests of 20.43 seconds and 45.12 seconds, respectively. This made him only the second athlete in Games history to have won both events at the same competition – Milkha Singh first achieved this at the 1958 Asian Games.Nakamura, Ken (December 2010). Event by event statistic analysis . Guangzhou2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
He became the Asian champion in 200 metres, at Kobe, Japan.Cris, Aju George (13 July 2011) Golden trio . dohastadiumplusqatar.com He equalled the Championships record (20.41 s) en route to gold. He then did even better at the Military World Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when he completed a 100 metres and 200 metres double. He set new championship marks over both distances (10.07 and 20.46).Taking Rio by storm . dohastadiumplusqatar.com (27 July 2011)
In September 2014 he won the 100 m event at the Asian Games setting a new Asian record at 9.93 s. He also won the 200 m gold at Incheon. He set a further Asian record at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships by winning the 100 m in a time of 9.91 seconds, having already broken the championship record with a run of 9.97 seconds in the semi-finals.
On 28 May 2021, he run his seasonal best of 10.00 s at Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, winning the 100 m race of this Diamond League meeting and obtaining the standard for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Personal life His name Femi is a Yoruba name pronounced "F-eh-mi". He was born in Ondo State, Nigeria. His parents are TSB Ogunode and Adesola Ogunode. He is married to Kemi Adebayo. They have three children, Nathan Ogunode, Adriel Ogunode and Reina Ogunode. His younger brother, Tosin Ogunode, is also a sprinter for Qatar. He has 7 siblings.
Ogunode's father, T S B Ogunode, was a boxer and his mother, Adesola Ogunode, was a sprinter. Before focusing on running, Ogunode boxed and played football. He was a successful youth boxer and competed in state-level championships.
International competitions 2010West Asian ChampionshipsAleppo, Syria1st100 m10.211st200 m20.982010Asian GamesGuangzhou, China1st200 m20.431st400 m45.122011Asian ChampionshipsKobe, Japan1st200 m20.41 Military World GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil1st100 m10.07 1st200 m20.46 World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea9th (sf)200 m20.588th400 m45.55Arab ChampionshipsAl Ain, United Arab Emirates3rd100 m10.371st200 m20.593rd4 × 100 m relay40.13Pan Arab GamesDoha, Qatar1st100 m10.372nd200 m21.012014Asian Indoor ChampionshipsHangzhou, China 2nd60 m6.62World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland3rd60 m6.52Continental CupMarrakesh, Morocco3rd100 m10.043rd200 m20.17Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea1st100 m9.93 1st200 m20.14 2015Arab ChampionshipsIsa Town, Bahrain1st100 m10.041st200 m20.52Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China1st100 m9.91 1st200 m20.321st4 × 400 m relay3:02.50 World ChampionshipsBeijing, China10th (sf)100 m10.007th200 m20.272016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil37th (h)100 m10.2823rd (h)200 m20.362017Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India2nd100 m10.263rd200 m20.792022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia8th (sf)60 m6.60World ChampionshipsEugene, United States48th (h)100 m10.522023Asian Indoor ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan4th60 m6.672nd4 × 400 m relay3:09.26West Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar1st100 m10.131st200 m20.70Arab ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco1st100 m10.191st200 m20.52Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand4th100 m10.258th200 m29.03Asian GamesHangzhou, China16th (sf)100 m10.404th200 m20.752024Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran5th60 m6.69
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