Ayomide Bello

Ayomide Bello
Personal information
Full name
  • Ayomide Emmanuel Bello
  • Ayomide Powei Bello
Born (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002
Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria[1]
Height145 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportCanoe sprint, Canoe slalom
EventC-1 & C-2
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat C-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat C-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat C-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat C-2 500 m

Ayomide Emmanuel Bello (born 4 April 2002), also known as Ayomide Powei Bello, is a Nigerian canoeist. She competed in the women's C-1 200 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She also represented Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[3][4][5] Bello was Nigeria's first female canoeist at the Olympics.[6][7][8]

In 2018, she won two gold medals at the African Youth Games.[9] In that same year, she represented Nigeria at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and competed in four events: the girls' C1 sprint, girls' C1 slalom, girls' K1 sprint and girls' K1 slalom. She did not win a medal in these events.

She competed at the 2019 African Games and won the gold medals in the C-1 200 metres and C-1 500 metres events.[10] She also won the gold medals in the C-2 200 metres and C-2 500 metres events.[10] As a result the country finished second in the canoeing medal table at the 2019 African Games and she also qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the C-1 200 metres.[11][9]

References

  1. ^ Ogundiya, Charles (26 January 2023). "Ayomide Powei Bello: Born inside the canoe, now a rowing star". New Telegraph. Nigeria. Even though I am from Ondo State, I was born and brought up in Lagos, Epe to be precise
  2. ^ "BELLO Ayomide Emmanuel". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "BELLO Ayomide Powei". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. (alternate link)
  4. ^ Acho, Affa (26 November 2023). "Paris 2024: Ayomide,Otuedo Seal Automatic Olympics Ticket For Canoeing Event". Leadership. Nigeria. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Nigeria's Bello Ayomide and Otuedo Beauty, have picked up automatic qualification ticket to the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris for Canoeing event in the C2 W 500 category
  5. ^ Sankar, Vimal (6 August 2024). "Never say never: Otuedo and Powei's powerful message to girls in Nigeria". ICF - Planet Canoe.
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Nigeria's teen sprint canoeist qualifies for Olympics". BBC Sport. 6 September 2019. Nigeria's Ayomide Bello has become the first female canoeist from the African country to qualify for the Olympics
  7. ^ Merrell, Chloe (24 May 2023). "Born to canoe: Nigeria's Ayomide Emmanuel Bello on finding peace and power on the water". Olympics.com.
  8. ^ Appiah-Fei, Esther (10 December 2023). "Nigeria's power duo Ayomide Bello and Beauty Otudeo: It's all about self-belief". Olympics.com.
  9. ^ a b "These Women Are Representing Nigeria in Water Sports at the 2020 Olympics". BellaNaija.com. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021. Ayomide Bello, who is 17 years of age, has become the first female canoeist from Nigeria to qualify for the Olympics after winning the C1 200 event at Africa's Tokyo 2020 qualifiers in Morocco
  10. ^ a b "Ayomide Emmanuel Bello - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  11. ^ "2019 African Games fallout: Nigeria's bumpy ride to 'glory' in Rabat". The Nation. Nigeria. 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019. Ayomide Bello was the brain behind the feat as she was involved in all the four gold medals won in the canoeing event
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