Praise Oghenefejiro Idamadudu (born 18 December 1998) is a Nigeria female track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 metres and the 400 metres. She was a silver medallist in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Career Born in Ovu, Delta State, Idamadudu made her international debut at the 2014 African Youth Games, where she was the 200 m gold medallist.African Youth Games. Africa Athle. Retrieved 2018-04-15. Later that year she competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the 200, 400 and 4 × 400 metres relay. She was also due to compete for Nigeria at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, but the whole team was pressured into withdrawal over concerns about the West African Ebola virus epidemic. At the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships she was a double gold medallist (200 m and 4 × 400 m relay) but was beaten into second in the 200 m at the 2015 African Youth Athletics Championships by South Africa's Nicola de Bruyn.Complete Results Girls. COCAD 15. Retrieved on 2015-04-30.Full results 2015 African Junior Championships. Ethiopia2015. Retrieved 2018-04-15. She ended the year with three gold medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games, taking the 200 m and two relay titles.Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 7/09/2015 - 9/09/2015. QLDAthletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
Idamadudu took her first senior national title in the 200 m at the 2015 Nigerian Athletics Championships.Praise Oghenefejiro Idamadudu. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-15. Her performances that year earned her comparisons to Olympic medallist Falilat Ogunkoya from national media.Nigeria: Praise Idamadudu... a New Ogunkoya Is Born. The Nigerian Guardian (2015-08-15). Retrieved 2018-04-15. She missed parts of the 2016 season due to a knee injury.Injury Stops Idamadudu From Indoors . Sports Day. Retrieved 2018-04-15. She also competed sparingly in 2017, which her season highlight being a runner-up finish in the 200 m at the national championships. Idamadudu made her senior international debut at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, reaching the 200 m semi-finals and sharing in the 4 × 400 metres relay silver medals with Yinka Ajayi, Patience Okon George and Glory Onome Nathaniel.Commonwealth Games: Nigeria gets silver, bronze in women relays. The Nigerian Guardian (2018-04-14). Retrieved 2018-04-15.
International competitions 2014African Youth GamesGaborone, Botswana1st200 m24.16World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States7th (semis)200 m24.25 —400 m5th4 × 400 m relay3:35.142015African Junior ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia1st200 m23.761st4 × 400 m relay3:38.94African Youth ChampionshipsMoka, Mauritius2nd200 m23.791stMedley relay2:08.71Commonwealth Youth GamesApia, Samoa1st200 m23.30 1st4 × 100 m relay45.861st4 × 400 m relay4:02.752018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia7th (semis)200 m23.692nd4 × 400 m relay3:25.29African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria8th200 m23.792019World RelaysYokohama, Japan18th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:32.102022African ChampionshipsPort Louis, Mauritius11th (sf)200 m23.589th (sf)400 m54.441st4 × 100 m relay44.45
National titles Nigerian Athletics Championships 200 m: 2015
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