Daniel Effiong is a retired male sprinter

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 from Nigeria

Nigeria

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He became African 100 metres

1993 African Championships in Athletics

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 and Universiade

1993 Summer Universiade

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 champion in 1993. Together with Innocent Asonze

Innocent Asonze

Innocent Asonze is a former sprinter from Nigeria. Together with Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong and Deji Aliu he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, but the team was later disqualified because he failed a doping test in June 1999.- External :...

, Francis Obikwelu

Francis Obikwelu

Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...

 and Deji Aliu

Deji Aliu

Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....

 he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships

1999 World Championships in Athletics

The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....

, but the team was later disqualified (in August 2005) because Innocent Asonze

Innocent Asonze

Innocent Asonze is a former sprinter from Nigeria. Together with Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong and Deji Aliu he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, but the team was later disqualified because he failed a doping test in June 1999.- External :...

 failed a doping test in June 1999.

In 100 metres his personal best time was 9.98 seconds, achieved in the semifinal of the 1993 World Championships

1993 World Championships in Athletics

The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations....

. This ranks him sixth in Nigeria, behind Olusoji Fasuba

Olusoji Fasuba

Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds....

, Davidson Ezinwa

Davidson Ezinwa

Davidson Ezinwa is a former sprinter from Nigeria.He won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships, both in 4 x 100 metres relay...

, Olapade Adeniken

Olapade Adeniken

Olapade Adeniken is a retired Nigerian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres,and is the father of Michael Adeniken....

, Francis Obikwelu

Francis Obikwelu

Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...

 and Uchenna Emedolu

Uchenna Emedolu

Uchenna Emedolu is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second...

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In 200 metres his personal best time was 20.10 seconds, achieved in May 1994 in San Jose. This ranks him second in Nigeria, only behind Francis Obikwelu, and fourth in Africa, behind Frankie Fredericks

Frankie Fredericks

Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...

, Obikwelu and Stéphan Buckland.

He missed the 1995 World Championships in Athletics

1995 World Championships in Athletics

The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations....

 due to a failed drug test at the Nigerian Championships, where he tested positive for methyltestosterone

Methyltestosterone

Methyltestosterone is a 17-alpha-alkylated anabolic steroid used to treat men with a testosterone deficiency. It is also used in women to treat breast cancer, breast pain, swelling due to pregnancy, and with the addition of estrogen it can treat symptoms of menopause...

 and ephedrine

Ephedrine

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. He received a four-year ban from the sport.

Achievements

Representing
1994	Commonwealth Games 1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the...	Victoria, Canada	3rd	200 m	20.40 s Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, the athletics event were held in Victoria, BC, Canada, at the Centennial Stadium on the grounds of the University of Victoria. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male 19 by female athletes...

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