Oluyinka Idowu
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| Nationality | British/Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1972 Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Oxford Essex Ladies AC | ||||||||||||||
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Oluyinka 'Yinka' Lola Idowu (born 25 February 1972) is a Nigerian born British retired athlete.
Biography
[edit]Idowu finished third behind Kim Hagger in the heptathlon event at the 1989 AAA Championships.[1][2]
Idowu competed in the women's long jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3] She represented England and won a silver medal in the long jump event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[4][5][6]
Idowu became the British long jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1994 AAA Championships.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oluyinka Idowu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Classy Crampton hits the jackpot". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 June 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
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