Udodi Onwuzurike

Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike

Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike is a Nigerian international sprinter specializing in the 100 metres and 200 metres. His major results include the 2021 World U20 200-metre title, the 2023 NCAA outdoor 200-metre championship and a 200-metre silver medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

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About Udodi Onwuzurike

Profile information current to 2026-08-18.

Nigeria · Sprinter · 1 affiliation

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Known for: 100-metre sprinting; 200-metre sprinting; International athletics representation for Nigeria
Country: Nigeria

Sprinter

At a glance

He won the 200 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in 20.21 seconds, a Nigerian U20 record.
Competing for Stanford, he won the 2023 NCAA outdoor men's 200-metre championship in 19.84 seconds.
He represented Nigeria on his Olympic debut in Paris in 2024 and reached the men's 200-metre semifinals.
He won silver in the men's 200 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, running 20.09 seconds.

Background and Stanford career

Onwuzurike was born on January 29, 2003, in Detroit, and World Athletics identifies him as holding American-Nigerian citizenship. Stanford Athletics listed him as an economics major and a member of its track and field program. While competing for Stanford, he won the 2023 NCAA outdoor 200-metre title in 19.84 seconds.

International sprinting career

Onwuzurike won the 200 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships and later ran the opening leg for Nigeria's bronze-medal-winning 4x100-metre relay team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He reached the Olympic 200-metre semifinals in Paris in 2024 and added a Commonwealth Games silver medal in the event in Glasgow in 2026.

Affiliations

Stanford University Track and field athlete

Timeline

2021-08-21 Won the men's 200 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi in 20.21 seconds, recorded as a Nigerian U20 record.
2022-08 Led off Nigeria's bronze-medal-winning men's 4x100-metre relay team at the Commonwealth Games.
2023-06-09 Won the NCAA outdoor men's 200-metre championship for Stanford in 19.84 seconds.
2024-08-07 Reached the men's 200-metre semifinals on his Olympic debut for Nigeria at the Paris Games.
2026-07-31 Won silver in the men's 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, running 20.09 seconds.

Additional verified details

Current context

World Athletics listed Onwuzurike as representing Nigeria in international competition. Athlete representation is recorded as displayed by World Athletics at the research cutoff.
World Athletics displayed him at number 19 in the men's 200-metre world rankings. World rankings are dynamic; this was the position displayed on his World Athletics profile at the research cutoff.
His listed outdoor personal bests were 9.92 seconds for 100 metres and 19.76 seconds for 200 metres. Personal-best listings may change following later ratified performances.
The latest identified major championship medal was silver in the men's 200 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Biographical facts

He was born on January 29, 2003.
World Athletics identifies him as born in Detroit and as holding American-Nigerian citizenship.
Stanford Athletics listed him as an economics major while he was a member of its track and field program.