Glory Alozie’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Nigerian/Spanish athlete
Is

Athlete
From

Nigeria

Spain
Type

Sports
Gender female
Birth 30 December 1977
Age: 42 years

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)
African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 1st 100 m hurdles 13.62
1998 Grand Prix Final Moscow, Russia 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.72
African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st 100 m hurdles 12.77
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 2nd 60 m hurdles 7.87
World Championships Sevilla, Spain 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.44
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.68
Grand Prix Final Doha, Qatar 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.94
Representing  Spain
2002 World Cup Madrid, Spain 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.95
4th 100 m 11.28
European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 100 m hurdles 12.73
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
1st 100 m hurdles 12.86
2004 European Indoor Cup Leipzig, Germany 2nd 60 m hurdles 7.99
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
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
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th 100 m hurdles 12.86
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 4th 100 m hurdles 13.42
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