Olapade Adenics
| Olapade Adenics medal table |
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 Nigeria
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| silver | 1992 Barcelona | 4 x 100 meter relay |
| World championships | ||
| silver | 1997 Athens | 4 x 100 meter relay |
| Universiade | ||
| silver | 1989 Duisburg | 100 meter run |
Olapade Adeniken (born August 19, 1969 in Oshogbo ) is a former Nigerian sprinter whose special routes were the 100 and 200 meter run .
Sporting successes
Adeniken took part in three Summer Olympic Games ( 1988 , 1992 , 1996 ) and celebrated his greatest success with winning the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the Barcelona Games in 1992. Together with Chidi Imoh , Oluyemi Kayode and Davidson Ezinwa had to admit defeat to Adeniken in 37.98 s only to the US team around Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell (37.40 s).
Adeniken also won silver medals at the 1997 World Athletics Championships in Athens with the relay and at the 1989 Summer Universiade in Duisburg in the 100-meter run .
particularities
Adeniken was the first African to break the 10-second limit in the 100-meter run.
Best times
- 100-meter run - 9.95 s (1994)
- 200-meter run - 20.11 s (1992)
Others
At a height of 1.86 m, Adeniken's competition weight was 78 kg.
Web links
- Olapade adeniken in the database of World Athletics (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Adenics, Olapade |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th August 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oshogbo , Nigeria |