Athlete Profiles
Anthony Alozie
Anthony competed with the men's 4x100m relay team at the 2011 IAAF world championships in Daegu (KOR).
- Date of Birth:
- 18.08.1986
- Discipline:
- Sprints
- Occupation:
- Athlete
- Height:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- State:
- VIC
- Coach:
- Brett Hayes
- Previous Coaches:
- John Quinn, Paul Hallam, Ken Anderson, Brad Carter
- Scholarship:
- VIS
- Club:
- Athletics Essendon
- Place of Birth/Residence:
- Aba, NGR /Melbourne, VIC
- Marital Status
- Single
- Flame Team Number
- 1
- Joined Flame Team On
- N/A
Further Information
Competition Stats
AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
100m: 2007 – 2nd SF, 2008 – 7th, 2009 – 7th SF,
2010 – 3rd HT, 2011 – 2nd
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
World Junior Championships: 2004 [Grosseto,
ITA] – 100m 4th SF (10.56)
World Championships: 2009 [Berlin, GER] – 4x100m 3rd HT (38.93), 2011 [Daegu, KOR] - 4x100m HT 4th (38.69)
EVENTS / PERSONAL BESTS
100m: 10.24 – Brisbane, 10/03/07
200m: 22.04 – Gold Coast, 16/07/11
Honours
Inaugural member of the Australian Flame team from the 2009 IAAF world championships in Berlin (GER).
Interesting Facts
Alozie came to Australia from Nigeria for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
He decided to stay and took out citizenship.
He cites Manchester United as his favourite football team and Nigerian footballer Jay-Jay Okocha as one of his favourite sportsmen.
