Olajumoke Bodunrin
Nigerian sprinter
Olajumoke Bodunrin (in background) collapsed from exhaustion at the end of the 400 metre race at the 1968 Summer Olympics. | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | (1945-02-07) 7 February 1945 (age 79) Odo-Asanyin, Ogun State, Nigeria[1] | |||||||||||
Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Sprint | 100 m, 400 m | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.71 (1968) 400 m – 56.1 (1968)[1] | |||||||||||
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Olajumoke Bodunrin (born 7 February 1945) is a retired Nigerian sprinter.[2] Regarded as "Africa's fastest woman" during her career,[3] Olajumoke claimed gold at the 1965 All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo before going on to represent Nigeria at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.[4]
References
- ^ a b Olajumoke Bodunrin. Sports Reference
- ^ "Olajumoke Bodunrin". FanBase. Retrieved 13 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Death of Nigerian Sports And A Walk Down Memory Lane". Nigerian Muse. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "1968 Olympic Games". Sports Bank. Retrieved 13 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
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African Games champions in Women's 100 metres
- 1965: Olajumoke Bodunrin (NGR)
- 1973: Alice Annum (GHA)
- 1978: Hannah Afriyie (GHA)
- 1987: Tina Iheagwam (NGR)
- 1991–95: Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR)
- 1999: Mercy Nku (NGR)
- 2003: Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR)
- 2007–11: Oludamola Osayomi (NGR)
- 2015-19: Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)
- 2023: Gina Bass (GAM)
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