Nabie Foday Fofanah

Nabie Foday Fofanah (born 8 February 1980) is a 2 x Olympian sprinter from Guinea, born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and currently living in Los Angeles, CA.

Olympics Although he never achieved the "A" or "B" Olympic Qualifying Standards for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games, he was allowed to compete under rule 3.5 NOCs without Qualified Athletes. He competed in 100 and 200 meters at the 2004 Olympic Games. He was eliminated in the heats after running a time of 21.45 seconds in the 200m, and a time of 10.62 seconds in the 100m, and he carried his nation's flag in the opening ceremonies. He later competed at the 2005 World Championships. In 2008, representing the 2008 Guinean Olympic squad in the Men's 200 m, he clocked a time of 21.68 seconds, and was eliminated in the heats.

His personal best 100 m time is 10.47 seconds. His personal best 200 m time is 21.05 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in Cambridge, MA.

Personal Fofanah lived in New York City until 2013, where he worked as a personal trainer, and trained at the Sports Center at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan, NY. He has now relocated to Los Angeles where he, under the Speed Doctor brand, is the leading trainer in speed training, 40 yard dash training, vertical jump training and is the creator of various revolutionary sports performance programs in Los Angeles.

His younger sister, Fatmata Fofanah, is a Women's 100 m hurdler, who also competed at the 2008 Olympics for Guinea.