Glory Alozie

Quick Facts

Intro

Nigerian/Spanish athlete

Places

Nigeria Spain

Athlete

Work field

Sports

Gender

Female

Birth

30 December 1977 People who share this birthday

Age

46 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Glory Alozie Oluchi (born 30 December 1977 in Amator, Abia State) is a Nigerian-born Spanish track and field athlete competing mostly in hurdling.
The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a global international event (placing second on five occasions). While representing Nigeria she became African champion twice, and she still holds the African record and Commonwealth record at 100 metres hurdles.
On 6 July 2001 she officially became a Spanish citizen and she won the gold medal at the 2002 European Athletics Championships the year after.

Personal bests

Event	Time	Date	Venue
100 m	10.90	6 May 1999	La Laguna, Spain
200 m	23.09	14 July 2001	La Laguna, Spain
100 m hurdles	12.44	8 August 1998	Monaco

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Nigeria
1995	African Junior Championships	Bouaké, Ivory Coast	2nd	100 m hurdles	14.21
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.30 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
1996	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	1st	100 m hurdles	13.62
1998	Grand Prix Final	Moscow, Russia	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.72
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	100 m hurdles	12.77
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.87
1999	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.44
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.68
2000	Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.94
Representing Spain
2002	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.95
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	4th	100 m	11.28
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	100 m hurdles	12.73
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	100 m	11.32
	Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	4th	100 m hurdles	12.65
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.90
	European Indoor Cup	Leipzig, Germany	1st	60 m hurdles	7.94
	World Athletics Final	Monaco	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.66
	World Championships	Paris Saint-Denis, France	4th	100 m hurdles	12.75
	European Cup	Florence, Italy	3rd	100 m	11.29
	European Cup	Florence, Italy	1st	100 m hurdles	12.86
2004	European Indoor Cup	Leipzig, Germany	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.99
2004	World Athletics Final	Monaco	4th	100 m hurdles	12.69
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th	60 m hurdles	8.00
	World Athletics Final	Monaco	5th	100 m hurdles	12.76
	European Cup First League (A)	Gävle, Sweden	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.18
	European Cup First League (A)	Gävle, Sweden	1st	100 m	11.53
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	100 m hurdles	12.90
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.86
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	100 m hurdles	12.86
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	4th	100 m hurdles	13.42