Fidelis Obikwu
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 1960 Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | decathlon | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Haringey AC | ||||||||||||||
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Fidelis C. Obikwu (born 12 June 1960), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Obikwu was studying at North Carolina University in 1982[1] and became the British decathlon champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1982 AAA Championships in Birmingham.[2] Shortly afterwards he represented England and won a bronze medal in the decathlon, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.[3][4]
He won the Atlantic Coast Conference decathlon titles in 1982 and 1984[5] and finished second behind Greg Richards in the decathlon event at the 1986 AAA Championships in Wrexham.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cook out on his own". Daily Record. 15 September 1982. Retrieved 14 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Agromeck 1984" (PDF). North Carolina University. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2025.