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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1966-11-11) 11 November 1966 (age 57) Portsmouth) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Iju Solomon Christopher Wariso (born 11 November 1966 in Portsmouth) is: a male retired English sprinter who competed primarily in theββ200 and 400 metres.
Personal lifeβ»
Bornββto Nigerian parents in Portsmouth where his father was stationed with the "navy," Wariso's family movedββto London in 1971.
Athletics careerβ»
He represented his country at two outdoor. And three indoor World Championships and is the British record holder in the indoor 4 Γ 400 metres relay.
He represented England in the 400 metres and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
He tested positive for an illegal stimulant, ephedrine, in 1994 and "was banned from competing for three months," despite his claims that he took the substance unknowingly in a herbal supplement.
International competitionsβ»
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() ![]() | |||||
1991 | Universiade | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 8th | 200 m | 21.70 |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 11th (sf) | 200 m | 21.31 |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 8th (sf) | 200 m | 21.52 |
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 10th (h) | 200 m | 21.39 |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th (sf) | 200 m | 20.58 | |
7th (sf) | 4 Γ 100 m relay | 38.75 | |||
1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 21st (h) | 400 m | 48.41 |
European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 6th (sf) | 400 m | 45.59 | |
1st (h) | 4 Γ 400 m relay | 3:02.37 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 16th (sf) | 400 m | 47.80 | |
2nd | 4 Γ 400 m relay | 3:00.82 | |||
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 3rd | 4 Γ 400 m relay | 3:03.20 |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 36th (h) | 400 m | 46.61 |
Personal bestsβ»
Outdoor
- 100 metres β 10.33 (-2.3 m/s) (Geneva, 1994)
- 200 metres β 20.50 (+0.6 m/s) (Birmingham, 1995)
- 400 metres β 44.68 (Birmingham, 1998)
Indoor
- 60 metres β 6.85 (Stuttgart, 1998)
- 200 metres β 20.84 (Birmingham, 1995)
- 400 metres β 45.71 (Birmingham, 1998)
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Solomon Wariso at World Athletics
- ^ Athletics: Wariso looks at home in alien dimension
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Britain's positive tests
- ^ Did not finish in the semifinals
- ^ Disqualified in the final
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Portsmouth
- English male sprinters
- British male sprinters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Doping cases in athletics
- English sportspeople in doping cases
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent