Segun Akhigbe

  • Name: Segun Akhigbe
  • Date Of Birth: 1st May, 1996
  • Secondary School: Valiant Havilah International College, Ibadan
  • Current University: University of Lagos
  • Course & Year: Human Kinetics
  • Coached By: Deji Aliu
  • Personal Bests: 400m (48.68s), 200m (22.02s)
  • IAAF Profile: Segun Akhigbe

Born into a family that has Athletics genes, Segun who was born on 1st May 1996, has sprinting literally running through his veins. He once said, “My mother was a sprinter; my father was a sprinter. Why should I not be a sprinter?” He has shown promising form since his performances at the 2015 Lagos and Ibadan Auditions respectively.

He also played a role in helping Team Making of Champions (MoC) win two medals at the 2015 Lagos Relays, competing in both the Boys’ 4x100m and the 4x200m, as they clinched Bronze and GOLD respectively.

He went on to win his third medal for MoC in 2016, taking the second leg in the 4x100m team that won Silver at the Eko Athletics Grand Prix, with the quartet clocking 42.54s.

Having missed out on a podium placement in 2015, Akhigbe came back stronger at Top Sprinter 2016 where he won Bronze in the Junior Boys 400m, a step up from his 7th place finish in the 200m.

Akhigbe’s 2018 season started at the Commonwealth Games Trials in Abuja where he competed in the heats of the 400m and got to the semis of the 200m. He then raced to 2nd place in his 400m heat at the MoC Grand Prix.

In 2019, Akhigbe lowered his Personal Bests in both the 200m/400m, racing to new times of 22.02s and 48.68s respectively at the National Open Trials in Abuja.

Following in his family’s tradition of sprinting and could go on to represent Nigeria in future.

Note: 2 decimal places signify Electronic timing, 1 decimal place signifies Hand-timing

400 metres
Year Date Performance Position Stage Competition Location
2017 Dec 2nd 49.93s 4th Final AFN Golden League Kaduna
Nov 24th 49.9s 4th Heats AFN All Comers Abuja
Jul 13th 49.49s 5th Heats National Championships Abuja
Jun 3rd 49.70s 4th Heats AFN/Dynamic Sporting Solutions Track and Field Meet Abuja
2016 Sept 30th 50.12s 3rd Final Top Sprinter Athletics Championships (Juniors) Lagos
Sept 30th 51.07s 1st Heats Top Sprinter Athletics Championships (Juniors) Lagos
May 24th 52.67s 5th Heats National Juniors (D.K. Olukoya Championships) Lagos
2015 Mar 14th 51.97s 1st Heats Top Sprinter Ibadan Auditions Ibadan

200 metres
Year Date Performance Position Stage Competition Location
2017 Nov 25th 22.40s 1st Final AFN All Comers Abuja
Nov 25th 22.45s 1st Heats AFN All Comers Abuja
Jul 15th 22.77s 8th Semis National Championships Abuja
Jul 14th 22.16s 3rd Heats National Championships Abuja
2016 Sept 30th 23.38s 7th Final Top Sprinter Athletics Championships (Juniors) Lagos
Sept 30th 23.57s 2nd Heats Top Sprinter Athletics Championships (Juniors) Lagos
May 24th 24.57s 6th Heats National Juniors (D.K. Olukoya Championships) Lagos

4X100 metres
Year Date Performance Position Stage Competition Location
2017 Dec 2nd 41.33s 1st Final AFN Golden League Kaduna
Nov 25th 41.98s 1st Final AFN All Comers Abuja
Nov 25th 22.40s 1st Final AFN All Comers Abuja
Nov 25th 22.45s 1st Heats AFN All Comers Abuja
2016 Oct 1st 44.32s 2nd Final Top Sprinter/ Lagos Relays Juniors Lagos

4X400 metres
Year Date Performance Position Stage Competition Location
2016 Oct 1st 3:26.69s 1st Final Top Sprinter / Lagos Relays Juniors Lagos

    2016

  • Top Sprinter/ Lagos Relays 4x400m Junior Champion
  • Top Sprinter/ Lagos Relays 4x100m Junior Silver Medallist
  • Top Sprinter 400m Junior Bronze Medallist

2018 Commonwealth Games Trials

Tega Odele wins Heat 2 of the men’s 200m at the AFN Commonwealth Games Trials

Jerry Jakpa wins Heat 2 of the men’s 200m semis at the AFN Commonwealth Games Trials

2018 MoC Grand Prix

Abdulrahman Afeez wins Heat 3 of the men’s 400m at 1st MoC Grand Prix & Relays 2018

2017 AFN GOLDEN LEAGUE KADUNA

Team MoC 4x100m Men Speaks after the race at the AFN Golden League Kaduna

Team MoC wins Men’s 4x100m at the AFN Golden league Kaduna

Henry Okorie wins Men’s 400m heat 2 at the AFN Golden League Kaduna

2017 AFN All Comers Abuja

MoC’s Segun Akhigbe after winning Men’s 200m heat at All Comers Abuja

Team Moc wins 4x100m at All Comers Abuja

MoC’s Segun Akhijgbe wins 200m Final B at All Comers Abuja

MoC’s Segun Akhigbe wins Men’s 200m heat 4 at All Comers Abuja

Gerald Odeka wins heat 2 of the men’s 400m at All Comers Abuja

2017 National Championships

MoC’s Segun AKhigbe speaks after running a PB and qualifying for the men’s 400m Semi-final

Emmanuel Arowolo wins Men’s 200m Semifinal 1 at 2017 National Trials

Nathaniel Samson wins Men’s 400m Heat 4 at 2017 National Trials

Obinna Metu wins Men’s 200m Heat 2 at 2017 National Trials

2017 AFN/Dynamic Sporting Solutions Meet

Abdulrahman Afeez wins Men’s 400m Heat 3 at AFN/Dynamic Sporting Solutions Meet