Smart Akraka
{{Short description|Nigerian sprinter (1934–2016)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Smart Akraka
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| image = Smart Akraka 2.jpg
| caption = Smart Akraka in 2015.
| nationality = Nigerian
| sport = Sprinting
| event = 4 × 100 metres relay
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|4|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|8|1934|4|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bayelsa, Nigeria
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Smart Ekiyegha-Akraka (13 April 1934 – 8 June 2016) was a Nigerian sprinter.{{cite web|url=http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/sports/486322-smart-akraka-former-athletics-federation-of-nigeria-president-dead.html |title=Smart Akraka, Former Athletics Federation Of Nigeria President Dead |work=Online Nigeria |access-date=4 April 2020}} He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/smart-akraka-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091953/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/smart-akraka-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Smart Akraka Olympic Results |access-date=14 August 2017}}
His daughter Maria Akraka is a former 800 metres runner.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Nigerian male sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Nigeria
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria
Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century Nigerian sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
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