Gloria Kemasuode

{{short description|Nigerian sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=October 2019}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{NGA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|4x100 m}} {{MedalCompetition|African Championships}} {{MedalGold|2004 Brazzaville|4×100 m}} {{MedalGold|2008 Addis Ababa|4×100 m}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Bambous|4×100 m}} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Gloria E. Kemasuode Ubiebor''' (born 30 December 1979 in Delta State) is a female track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Nigeria.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/227491.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909144042/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/227491.shtml|archivedate=9 September 2008|url-status=dead|title=Athlete biography: Gloria Kemasuode|website=Beijing2008.cn|accessdate=30 August 2008}}</ref>

Kemasuode represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing at the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Agnes Osazuwa, Oludamola Osayomi and Ene Franca Idoko. In their first round heat they placed fourth behind Belgium, Great Britain and Brazil. Their time of 43.43 seconds was the best non-directly qualifying time and the sixth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final, in which they replaced Osazuwa with Halimat Ismaila. They sprinted to a time of 43.04 seconds, a third place and a bronze medal after Russia and Belgium.<ref name="beijing"/> In 2016, the Russian team was disqualified and stripped of their gold medal due to doping violations by one of the Russian runners, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya, thereby promoting Nigeria to the silver medal position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1040695/russia-stripped-of-beijing-2008-womens-relay-gold-after-positive-retest-by-team-member|title=Russia stripped of Beijing 2008 women's relay gold after positive retest by team member|website=insidethegames.biz|author=Butler, Nick|date=16 August 2016|accessdate=14 October 2019}}</ref>

Kemasuode failed a drugs test at the Circuito de Corridas e Caminhada in Brazil and was banned from competition for two years over the period of 24 July 2009 – 23 July 2011.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/56/48/20100224104040_httppostedfile_NEWS110_18290.pdf IAAF Newsletter No.110] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141429/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/56/48/20100224104040_httppostedfile_NEWS110_18290.pdf|date=4 June 2011}}. IAAF (24 February 2010). Retrieved 24 February 2010.</ref>

==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{NGR}} |- |2004 |Olympic Games |Athens, Greece |7th |4 × 100 m relay |43.42 |- |2005 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |7th |4 × 100 m relay |43.25 |- |rowspan=2|2006 |rowspan=2|African Championships |rowspan=2|Bambous, Mauritius |7th |100 m |12.14 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |44.52 |- |2007 |All-Africa Games |Algiers, Algeria |6th |100 m |11.53 |- |rowspan=3|2008 |rowspan=2|African Championships |rowspan=2|Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |5th |100 m |11.47 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |43.79 |- |Olympic Games |Beijing, China |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |43.04 |}

===Personal bests=== *60 metres – 7.48 s (2005) *100 metres – 11.21 s (2002) *200 metres – 23.26 s (2006)

==See also== *List of doping cases in sport

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==External links== {{sisterlinks|d=Q264044|c=no|n=no|b=no|v=no|voy=no|m=no|mw=no|s=no|wikt=no|species=no}} *{{World Athletics}}

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