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Olajumoke Bodunrin | |
Birth Date: | 7 February 1945 |
Birth Place: | Odo-Asanyin, Ogun State, Nigeria[1] |
Weight: | 44kg (97lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 100 m, 400 m |
Pb: | 100 m – 11.71 (1968) 400 m – 56.1 (1968) |
Event Type: | Sprint |
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]