Adewale Olukoju
Appearance
Adewale Olukoju (born July 27, 1968) is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning four gold medals in total at the All-Africa Games.
His personal best discus throw is 67.80 metres, which he achieved in May 1991. Olukoju is married to sprinter Fatima Yusuf.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 6th | Shot put | 17.19 m |
7th | Discus | 54.00 m | |||
1987 | All-Africa Games | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | Discus | 56.50 m |
1st | Shot put | 18.13 m | |||
1988 | African Championships | Annaba, Algeria | 1st | Discus | 62.12 m |
3rd | Shot put | 17.70 m | |||
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 23rd | Discus | 54.44 m | |
1991 | All-Africa Games | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | Discus | 59.22 m |
2nd | Shot put | 17.58 m | |||
World Student Games | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 1st | Discus | 61.48 m | |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 11th | Discus | 59.44 m | |
1992 | African Championships | Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius | 1st | Discus | 60.66 m |
3rd | Shot put | 17.06 m | |||
1993 | World Student Games | Buffalo, United States | 2nd | Discus | 62.96 m |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | Discus | 63.66 m |
All-Africa Games | Harare, Zimbabwe | 1st | Discus | 61.68 m |
External links
- Adewale Olukoju at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adewale Olukoju". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Nigerian male discus throwers
- Nigerian male shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Nigeria
- People from Zaria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games silver medalists for Nigeria
- Nigerian athletics biography stubs