Olajumoke Bodunrin
Personal information | ||||||||||
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Born |
Odo-Asanyin, Ogun State, Nigeria[1] | 7 February 1945|||||||||
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] | |||||||||
Medal record
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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
- 1 2 Olajumoke Bodunrin. Sports Reference
- ↑ "Olajumoke Bodunrin". FanBase. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ "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.
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