# Smart Akraka

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{{Short description|Nigerian sprinter (1934–2016)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Smart Akraka
| birth_name  = 
| image       = Smart Akraka 2.jpg
| caption     = Smart Akraka in 2015.
| nationality = Nigerian
| sport       = Sprinting
| event       = 4 × 100 metres relay
| club        = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1934|4|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Lagos](/source/Lagos), Nigeria
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2016|6|8|1934|4|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Bayelsa](/source/Bayelsa), Nigeria
| height      =
| weight      =
}}

'''Smart Ekiyegha-Akraka''' (13 April 1934 &ndash; 8 June 2016) was a Nigerian [sprinter](/source/sprint_(running)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/sports/486322-smart-akraka-former-athletics-federation-of-nigeria-president-dead.html |title=Smart Akraka, Former Athletics Federation Of Nigeria President Dead |work=Online Nigeria |access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> He competed in the [men's 4 × 100 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) at the [1960 Summer Olympics](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/smart-akraka-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091953/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/smart-akraka-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Smart Akraka Olympic Results |access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref>

His daughter [Maria Akraka](/source/Maria_Akraka) is a former 800 metres runner.

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Category:1934 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Nigerian men sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Nigeria
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria
Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century Nigerian sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics

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