Olajumoke Bodunrin

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Olajumoke Bodunrin
Olajumoke Bodunrin 1968.jpg
Olajumoke Bodunrin (in background) collapsed from exhaustion at the end of the 400 metre race at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Born (1945-02-07) 7 February 1945 (age 80)
Odo-Asanyin, Ogun State, Nigeria [1]
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight44 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]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1965 Brazzaville 100 metres

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

  1. 1 2 Olajumoke Bodunrin. Sports Reference
  2. "Olajumoke Bodunrin". FanBase. Retrieved 13 September 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "The Death of Nigerian Sports and a Walk Down Memory Lane". Nigerian Muse. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  4. "1968 Olympic Games". Sports Bank. Retrieved 13 September 2015.[ permanent dead link ]