Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin

Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin (11 September 1922 – January 2014) was a Nigerian-born British high jumper and long jumper.

He was born in Shagamu, Ogun, the first son of the local king.[1] He came to the United Kingdom in 1939 to study at Queen's University of Belfast where he graduated in medicine in 1942. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, placing twelfth in the high jump and fifth in the long jump.[1] He also won the 1947 British Championships.[2] His personal best jumps were 1.969 metres in the high jump (1949) and 7.35 metres in the long jump (1947).[1]

He died in January 2014.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Adegboyega, Prince Adedoyin". sports-reference. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "British Athletics Championships 1945-1959". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin's obituary


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