Olajumoke Bodunrin Explained

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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]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093616/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/olajumoke-bodunrin-1.html Olajumoke Bodunrin
  2. Web site: Olajumoke Bodunrin . FanBase . 13 September 2015 .
  3. Web site: The Death of Nigerian Sports And A Walk Down Memory Lane . Nigerian Muse . 22 August 2009 . 13 September 2015.
  4. Web site: 1968 Olympic Games . Sports Bank . 13 September 2015 .