Ajibola Adeoye
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Track and field (athletics) | ||
Representing Nigeria | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
1992 Barcelona | 100 metres - TS4 | |
1992 Barcelona | 200 metres - TS4 | |
1996 Atlanta | 100 metres - T45-46 | |
1996 Atlanta | 200 metres - T45-46 | |
1996 Atlanta | Long Jump - F45-46 |
Adeoye Ajibola is a paralympic athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category TS4 sprint events.
Adeoye attended Saka Tinubu Secondary School, Agege in the '80s. representing the school at inter-house sports events. He is his mother's first child. His siblings are Bisi, Segun, Dupe, Samson, Buki, and Sola He was married with children. He competed in the 100m, 200m, and long jump at both the 1992 and 1996 Summer Paralympics. At the 1992 games, he didn't start the long jump competition but did break the world record in both the 100m and 200m to win gold in both events. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics he defended both sprint titles and won a silver medal in the long jump.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ajibola Adeoye". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
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- Nigerian male long jumpers
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- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
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