| Headercolor: | lightgreen |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria[1] |
| Height: | 1.70 m |
| Weight: | 59 kg |
| Country: |  Nigeria |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 400 m |
| Event Type: | Sprint |
| Highestranking: | 58 |
| Pb: | 400 m: 51.22 s (2018) |
| Updated: | 28 February 2019 |
Yinka Ajayi (born 11th of August 1997) is a Nigerian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She was the bronze medalists at the 2018 African Championships in Asaba. Individually, she also won a bronze medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, in addition to several relay medals. She is also sister to Miami Dolphins Running Back; Jay Ajayi.
She was a finalist in the 400 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and went on to anchor the Nigerian 4 × 400 m relay quartet (Patience George, Glory Nathaniel, Praise Idamadudu, Ajayi) to a silver medal behind Jamaica.
She finished second at the 2017 Nigerian Championships in a then personal best of 51.57 s behind Patience George.[2] She made the semifinals of the 400 metres at the 2017 IAAF World Championships. Her personal best in the event is 51.22 seconds set in Abuja at the 2018 Abuja Golden League.[3]
In 2021, she became the first woman in the history of Drake University to represent the school in track and field at the Olympic Games.[4]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.14 | |
| 2015 | African Junior Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.94 |
| 2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 11th (sf) | 400 m | 53.54 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.94 | |||
| 2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | 400 m | 52.57 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.20 | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.47 | |||
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 19th (sf) | 400 m | 52.10 | ||
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.72 | ||||
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 8th | 400 m | 52.26 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.29 | |||
| African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 3rd | 400 m | 51.34 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.17 | |||
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 18th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.10 | |