Sunday Emmanuel

Sunday Emmanuel (8 October 1978 – 15 January 2004 in Kaduna) was a Nigerian athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented his country in the 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the semi-finals.

He was the runner-up in both the 100 m and 200 metres at the 1995 African Junior Athletics Championships, then won both events at the 1997 edition. His foremost individual medals were a 100 m bronze medal at the 1996 African Championships in Athletics and a silver in the 200 m at the 1998 African Championships in Athletics.

His personal bests are 10.06 for the 100 m, 20.45 for the 200 m and 6.52 for the 60 metres.

He died after an auto-accident in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Competition record

Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 10.06 (Enugu 1997) 200 metres – 20.45 (-0.9 m/s) (Dakar 1998) Indoor 60 metres – 6.52 (Chemnitz 2000) 200 metres – 21.20 (Piraeus 1999)