Ajayi Agbebaku
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
World Championships | ||
1983 Helsinki | Triple jump | |
Summer Universiade | ||
1983 Edmonton | Triple jump |
Ajayi Agbebaku (born 6 December 1955) is a retired Nigerian Olympian [1] who competed in the triple jump. He still holds the indoor record at the University of Missouri with his jump of 16.60 metres at the 1978 NCAA indoor championships. [2]
Agbebaku was born in Lagos. His personal best jump was 17.26 metres, achieved in July 1983 in Edmonton. This is the Nigerian record as well as second in Africa, only behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa.[3] He holds the African indoor record with 17.00 metres, achieved in January 1982 in Dallas.[4]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Nigeria | |||||
1979 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 1st | Long jump | 7.94 m |
1st | Triple jump | 16.82 m | |||
1984 | African Championships | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.96 m |
Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 7th | Triple jump | 16.67 m |
- 1983 World Championships in Athletics – bronze medal
References
[edit]- ^ "Mizzou's Olympians". Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Indoor School Records". Mizzou. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men) Archived 2007-05-20 at the Wayback Machine – GBR Athletics
- ^ Area Indoor Records – Men – Africa – IAAF.org
External links
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Categories:
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Nigerian male triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Olympic athletes for Nigeria
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Nigerian people
- Nigerian athletics biography stubs