Tosin Ogunode

{{short description|Nigerian-Qatari sprinter}}

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| name = Tosin Ogunode

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| fullname = Tosin Joseph Ogunode

| nationality = Qatari

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nigeria

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| height = 1.74 m{{cite web|url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/OGUNODE-Tosin-3002940/|title=Athletes - Tosin Ogunode|website=Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang|access-date=27 August 2018}}

| weight = 80 kg

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| sport = Track and field

| event = Sprints

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{{Medal|Country|{{QAT}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Silver |2018 Jakarta-Palembang|100 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Tehran|60 m}}

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Tosin Joseph Ogunode (born 2 March 1994) is a Nigerian-born track and field sprinter who competes internationally for Qatar.

He is the younger brother of Femi Ogunode, another Nigerian-turned-Qatari sprinter who won two golds at the 2010 Asian Games.[http://www.fidal.it/content/Mondo-Lavillenie-formato-Bubka/52590 Veloce e sconosciuto] {{in lang|it}}. FIDAL (2014-01-27). Retrieved on 2014-02-23. Tosin Ogunode made his debut at the start of the 2014 season and promptly set an Asian indoor record of 6.50 seconds for the 60 metres event at the Northern Arizona University indoor facility in the United States. This improved Talal Mansour's twenty-year-old record for the distance.Juck, Alfons (2014-01-27). [http://american-trackandfield.com/atf/index.php/news/track-and-field/item/958-eme-news-january-26th-by-alfons-juck-note-by-kevin-mangan EME News January 26th, by Alfons Juck, note by Kevin Mangan]. American Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-23. This placed him top of the world rankings for a short period.[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/sprints/60-metres/indoor/men/senior/2014 60 Metres - men - senior - indoor - 2014]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-23. His name is the shortened form of "Oluwatosin" meaning "God is worthy to be worshiped" in Yoruba{{cite web|url=http://www.onlinenigeria.com/nigeriannames/ad.asp?blurb=585|website=Online Nigeria:Nigerian Names and meanings|title=Oluwatosin}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gurgle.com/name/meaning/Tosin/16984|title=Tosin|website=Gurgle}}

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