Olusoji Fasuba

He won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games behind Asafa Powell[2] and was the indoor world champion over 60 metres in 2008, becoming the first African to complete the feat.

Sprinting was part of his family life as his mother, a Jamaican, was a runner in her youth and is the cousin of Don Quarrie, a 200 metres Olympic gold medallist.

Furthermore, he was a proficient football, volleyball or basketball player and, as a result, he managed to attend Merit Mixed Secondary School through an athletics scholarship.

[7] After a poor start to 2010, he was not selected to defend his 60 m title at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships as Sunday Bada of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria stated he was not in form.

He met Ngozi Nwokocha, a 400 metres runner, at his first national athletics training camp in 2003 and they are now married They have 1 daughter.

[4][9] Last updated April 2009 Having beaten Frank Fredericks' previous mark, Fasuba was the 100 m African record holder with 9.85 s until Akani Simbine, of South Africa, broke it with 9.84 in 2021; followed by Ferdinand Omanyala, of Kenya, lowering it to 9.77 later that year.

[10] He also has the fourth fastest time by an African runner in the 60 metres with 6.49 s; only Leonard Myles-Mills, fellow Nigerian Deji Aliu, and Morne Nagel have run faster.