Gentle Offoin
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gentle Offoin |
| National team |  Nigeria |
| Born | 19 August 1973 |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Gentle Offoin (born August 19, 1973) is a Nigerian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He held a Nigerian record in the 100 m freestyle, and later represented Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Offoin competed only in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 53.08.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Trinidad and Tobago's 16-year-old George Bovell and Seychelles' three-time Olympian Kenny Roberts. He cleared a 53-second barrier, and established a Nigerian record of 52.91 to race for a sixth seed, finishing behind Bovell by a hundredth of a second (0.01). Offoin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixtieth overall in the prelims.[3][4]
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