Yinka_Ajayi

Yinka Ajayi

Yinka Ajayi

Nigerian sprinter

Yinka Ajayi (born 11 August 1997) is a Nigerian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[2] She was the bronze medallist 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. Sister to Miami Dolphins Running Back; Jay Ajayi.

Quick Facts Personal information, Born ...

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.[citation needed]

She finished second at the 2017 Nigerian Championships in a then personal best of 51.57 s behind Patience George.[3] 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.[4]

International competitions

More information Year, Competition ...

References

  1. [1]
    "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    Yinka Ajayi at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. [3]
    Maduewesi, Christopher (15 July 2017). "Arowolo, Okon-George & Nathaniel win titles at National Championships". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. [4]
    Olus, Yemi (18 March 2018). "Ogunlewe, Ajayi & Ogundiran shine on Day 2 of Abuja Golden League". MAKING OF CHAMPIONS. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Yinka_Ajayi, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.