Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin
Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin (born September 11, 1922 in Shagamu , Nigeria , † January 31, 2014 in Abeokuta , Nigeria) was a Nigerian long jumper .
Career
Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin was born in 1922 as the son of a chief of the Ijebu tribe in the Nigerian state of Ogun . In 1939 he traveled to the United Kingdom and began studying medicine at Queen's University Belfast . He graduated in 1942 and returned to his home country, which was a British colony at the time . Adedoyin practiced here in obstetrics and gynecology .
Career as an athlete
As an athlete, Adedoyin turned to athletics and began to train high and long jump. In 1947 he was able to win the British championships in the high jump with 1.93 m.
For the 1948 Olympic Games in London Adedoyin was nominated for the team of the United Kingdom. Nigeria was a colony at the time and did not have its own NOK . Adedoyin was reported for the high jump and the long jump. On July 30th, the high jump competition began with a qualifying round in the morning. The demand was 1.87 m, which Adedoyin managed and thus made it into the final in the afternoon. Here he reached rank 12 with 1.90 m. The next day the long jump competition took place. Here, too, there was a qualifying round in the morning, in which a width of 7.20 m was required. Adedoyin only managed 7.13 m, but made it to the final as one of the lucky losers . Here he reached 5th place with 7.27 m, making him the best European behind three Americans and one Australian. Adedoyin was the first Nigerian athlete to reach an Olympic final.
Adedoyin subsequently won other competitions in both disciplines at university competitions in the United Kingdom.
Top performances
Adedoyin's best performance in the high jump was 1.97 m, which he achieved in 1949. In the long jump he managed 7.35 m in 1947.
Later CV
Adedoyin later returned to Nigeria and continued to practice as a gynecologist there. In 2012 he was honored by the government of Ogun state for his services as an athlete.
Web links
- Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adedoyin, Adegboyega Folaranmi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adegboyega, Prince Adedoyin; Adedoyin, Adegboyega |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British high and long jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shagamu , Nigeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 2014 |
| Place of death | Abeokuta , Nigeria |