He won the 1947 AAA Championships in Loughborough in the high jump with a clearance of 1.93 metres.[4] Adedoyin featured in a 1947 newsreel by Pathé News focusing on university sports. In the footage, he is described as 'a good bet to represent Britain at the Olympic Games'.[5]
He went on to compete in the 1948 Summer Olympics, both in the high jump and the long jump. In the high jump, on 30 July, he qualified for the final, as one of 20 competitors who made it past the qualifying round, where a height of 1.87 metres was needed to qualify.[6] The sheer number of competitors in the high jump meant that the event seemed endless.[7] In the final he jumped 1.90 metres on his third attempt to come twelfth – if he had cleared it on his first attempt he could have finished as high as sixth.[6] A day later in the long jump, he qualified by virtue of placing in the top twelve in the qualifying round as less than twelve athletes reached the qualifying distance of 7.20 metres, with only five reaching it in the final.[6] Adedoyin was one of these, placing fifth with a jump of 7.27 metres.[8]
His personal best jumps were 1.969 metres in the high jump (1949) and 7.35 metres in the long jump (1947).[2]
^"London'll bless Okagbare – Kalu – Vanguard News". Vanguard News. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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adegboyega, folaranmi, adedoyin, omoba, september, 1922, january, 2014, nigerian, born, british, high, jumper, long, jumper, became, first, nigerian, compete, olympics, final, 1948, contents, personal, life, athletics, career, life, after, athletics, reference. Omoba Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin M D 11 September 1922 31 January 2014 was a Nigerian born British high jumper and long jumper who became the first Nigerian to compete in an Olympics final in 1948 1 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Athletics career 3 Life after athletics 4 References 5 External linksPersonal life editHe was born in Shagamu Ogun the second son of the local king 2 He came to the United Kingdom in 1942 to study at Queen s University of Belfast where he graduated in medicine in 1949 3 Athletics career editHe won the 1947 AAA Championships in Loughborough in the high jump with a clearance of 1 93 metres 4 Adedoyin featured in a 1947 newsreel by Pathe News focusing on university sports In the footage he is described as a good bet to represent Britain at the Olympic Games 5 He went on to compete in the 1948 Summer Olympics both in the high jump and the long jump In the high jump on 30 July he qualified for the final as one of 20 competitors who made it past the qualifying round where a height of 1 87 metres was needed to qualify 6 The sheer number of competitors in the high jump meant that the event seemed endless 7 In the final he jumped 1 90 metres on his third attempt to come twelfth if he had cleared it on his first attempt he could have finished as high as sixth 6 A day later in the long jump he qualified by virtue of placing in the top twelve in the qualifying round as less than twelve athletes reached the qualifying distance of 7 20 metres with only five reaching it in the final 6 Adedoyin was one of these placing fifth with a jump of 7 27 metres 8 His personal best jumps were 1 969 metres in the high jump 1949 and 7 35 metres in the long jump 1947 2 Life after athletics editAfter the Olympics he went back to Nigeria to practise as an obstetrician gynaecologist 9 He died on 31 January 2014 10 References edit London ll bless Okagbare Kalu Vanguard News Vanguard News 5 July 2012 Retrieved 13 October 2016 a b Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Adegboyega Prince Adedoyin Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 8 April 2013 London ll bless Okagbare Kalu Vanguard News Vanguard News 5 July 2012 Retrieved 1 June 2016 British Athletics Championships 1945 1959 GBR Athletics Athletics Weekly Retrieved 2 February 2014 University Athletic Union Aka Pathe Front Page 1947 youtube com a b c London 1948 Results PDF LA84 Foundation 1948 pp 266 267 Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games Men s High Jump Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 June 2016 Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games Men s Long Jump Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 June 2016 Fellows Dues PDF npmcn edu ng Retrieved 1 June 2016 Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin s obituary punchng com Archived from the original on 1 February 2014 External links editAdegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin at Olympedia nbsp Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin at Team GB nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin amp oldid 1201066550, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
