Kayode_Elegbede

Kayode Elegbede

Kayode Elegbede

Nigerian athlete

Olukayode "Kayode" Elegbede (born 9 September 1955) is a retired Nigerian sprinter and long jumper.

He won the silver medal at the first African Championships in 1979, with 7.89—five centimetres behind compatriot Ajayi Agbebaku.[1] He finished eleventh at the 1980 Olympic Games.[2] Here he also finished seventh in the 4 × 100 metres relay, together with Hammed Adio, Olajidie Oyeledun and Peter Okodogbe.[3]

His personal bests were 8.02 metres in the long jump (1982) and 10.6 seconds in the 100 metres (1980).[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "African Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. [2]
    Kayode Elegbede at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. [3]
    "Nigeria Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Kayode Elegbede". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2014.



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