Edward Ajado | |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Sport: | Sprinting |
Event: | 100 metres |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1929 |
Birth Place: | Abeokuta, Nigeria |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Lagos, Nigeria |
Edward Alabi Ajado (1 March 1929 - 26 December 1980) was a Nigerian sprinter. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Ajado won a silver medal in the 4×110 yards relay (with Muslim Arogundade, Abdul Karim Amu, and Karim Olowu) and finished fourth in the 100 yards.[2]