Ajayi Agbebaku
Nigerian triple jumper
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Men's athletics | ||
World Championships | ||
1983 Helsinki | Triple jump | |
Summer Universiade | ||
1983 Edmonton | Triple jump |
Ajayi Agbebaku (born 6 December 1955) is a retired Nigerian Olympian [1] who competed in the triple jump. He still holds the indoor record at the University of Missouri with his jump of 16.60 metres at the 1978 NCAA indoor championships. [2]
Agbebaku was born in Lagos. His personal best jump was 17.26 metres, achieved in July 1983 in Edmonton. This is the Nigerian record as well as second in Africa, only behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa.[3] He holds the African indoor record with 17.00 metres, achieved in January 1982 in Dallas.[4]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Nigeria | |||||
1979 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 1st | Long jump | 7.94 m |
1st | Triple jump | 16.82 m | |||
1984 | African Championships | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.96 m |
Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 7th | Triple jump | 16.67 m |
- 1983 World Championships in Athletics – bronze medal
References
External links
- Ajayi Agbebaku at World Athletics
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Universiade champions in men's triple jump
- 1959: Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS)
- 1961: Sorin Ioan (ROM)
- 1963: Satoshi Shimo (JPN)
- 1965: Henrik Kalocsai (HUN)
- 1967: Michael Sauer (FRG)
- 1970: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
- 1973: Mikhail Bariban (URS)
- 1975: Michał Joachimowski (POL)
- 1977: Anatoliy Piskulin (URS)
- 1979: Willie Banks (USA)
- 1981: Zou Zhenxian (CHN)
- 1983: Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)
- 1985–87: Charles Simpkins (USA)
- 1989: Igor Lapshin (URS)
- 1991: Brian Wellman (BER)
- 1993: Tosi Fasinro (GBR)
- 1995: Andrey Kurennoy (RUS)
- 1997–99: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
- 2001: Kenta Bell (USA)
- 2003: Gu Junjie (CHN)
- 2005: Aleksandr Sergeyev (RUS)
- 2007: Kim Deok-hyeon (KOR)
- 2009–11: Nelson Évora (POR)
- 2013: Viktor Kuznyetsov (UKR)
- 2015: Dmitry Sorokin (RUS)
- 2017–2019: Nazim Babayev (AZE)
- 2021: Su Wen (CHN)
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