| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Favour Oghenetejiri Ashe | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Nigerian Nightmare, Ashe Bolt | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 100m - 9.96s (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Favour Ashe (born 28 April 2002) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who competes in the short sprints.[1]
Ashe attended Otovwodo Grammar School in Ughelli, Nigeria before enrolling as a student at the University of Tennessee. Having only arrived in America in January 2022, Ashe came third in the men's 60-meter dash at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, and was runner up in the 100 metres at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He also came fourth in the 4 x 100m relay running with Wayne Pinnock, Carey McLeod and Emmanuel Bynum.[2] In 2022 Ashe ran the fastest time in history by any Nigerian athlete in all conditions, running a wind assisted 9.79s (+3.0) 100m heat at the LSU invitational meet in Baton Rouge.[3] Following the 2022 collegiate season, he transferred to Auburn University to continue his studies and athletic career. In June 2023 he set a new personal best running 9.96s in the 100m at the NCAA Championships held in Texas.[4]
Ashe ran a legal 100m personal best of 9.99s to win gold at the Nigerian national championships in 2022.[5] At the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Ashe qualified through to the semi-finals running 10.00s in his heat.[6] He went on to end his season with a bronze medal in the 4 x 100m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
