Folashade Abugan

Folashade Abugan

Personal information
Full name	Folashade Abigeal Abugan
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	(1990-12-17) 17 December 1990 (age 33)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 m
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Nigeria Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 4x400 m relay 2014 Glasgow 4x400 m relay African Games 2007 Algiers 4x400 m relay 2007 Algiers 400 m African Championships 2008 Addis Ababa 4x400 m relay 2010 Nairobi 4x400 m relay 2014 Marrakech 400 m 2014 Marrakech 4x400 m relay 2008 Addis Ababa 400 m 2010 Nairobi 400 m
Updated on 27 August 2016

Folashade Abigeal Abugan (born 17 December 1990) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was the 400 m bronze medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games and improved to the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships, where she set a personal best time of 50.89 seconds. She won gold medals at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships.

She appeared at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and won two silver medals for Nigeria in the 400 m and in 4x400 m relay. However, Abugan was disqualified and banned after failing a drugs test and testing positive for testosterone prohormone in her 'A' sample. She waived the right to have her B sample analysed.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.83
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	8th	400 m	52.87
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.84 AJR
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	400 m	51.44 PB
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.74
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2nd	400 m	50.89 PB
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.07
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	400 m	51.84
2009	African Junior Athletics Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	400 m	52.02 CR
			DQ	4 × 400 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	DQ	400 m
			DQ	4 × 400 m

• Folashade Abugan at World Athletics
• Folashade Abugan at Olympics.com
• Folashade Abugan at Olympedia
• Folashade Abugan at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Folashade Abugan at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Folashade Abugan at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Folashade Abugan at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Folashade Abugan at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)

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