Thomas Obi

{{Short description|Nigerian sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Thomas Obi | image = | caption = | nationality = Nigerian | sport = Athletics | event = Sprinting / hurdles | club = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1932}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Men's athletics }} {{MedalCountry| {{flag|Nigeria|colonial}} }} {{MedalCompetition| British Empire and Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalSilver| 1958 Cardiff | 4 × 110 yd relay }} }}

'''Thomas Obi''' (born 1932) is a Nigerian sprinter who ceompeted at the 1956 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/thomas-obi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/thomas-obi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Thomas Obi |access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>

== Biography == Obi competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74041 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>

Obi finished second behind Keith Gardner in the 120 yards hurdles event at the British 1958 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19580713/014/0014 |title=Ibbotson quits... Pirie flops |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=13 July 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he won a silver medal in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×110 yards relay (with Jimmy Omagbemi, Smart Akraka, and Victor Odofin. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Obi was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 120 yards hurdles and in the quarter-finals of the 100 yards.<ref name=oly/>

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