# @nigeriaolympic on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2020-03-23T19:53:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** teamnigeria (@NigeriaOlympic) — https://gondola.cc/NigeriaOlympic

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Still on #womenshistorymonth  Charity Opara is a Nigerian 400m athlete with a fantastic Personal Best of 49.29s which is the second fastest by a Nigerian and 22nd on the World All time list in the women's 400m
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She represented Nigeria at the 1989 African Championships in Lagos winning a Gold in the 4x400m. Charity won double bronze at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in the 400m and relay. That same year she won a 400m Silver at the World Junior Championship in Bulgaria. .
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At the All African Games in 1991, she finished 2nd in the 400m behind teammate,  Fatima Yusuf, in fact,  it was a clean sweep by Team Nigeria as Airat Bakare finished 3rd. .
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She laid off for a while and came back in 1996 to win a Silver medal at the Summer Olympics alongside Bisi Afolabi,  Fatima Yusuf and Falilat Ogunkoya in the women's 4x400m final. .
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Charity ran 49s six times in her career between 1997-98 season. 
Source:theathleticheat  #TeamNigeria #TeamNigeria2020 #marchforwomen

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