Ajayi Agbebaku (born 6 December 1955) is a retired

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n Olympian who competed in the

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. He still holds the indoor record at the

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with his jump of 16.60 metres at the 1978 NCAA indoor championships. Agbebaku was born in Lagos. His personal best jump was 17.26 metres, achieved in July 1983 in

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. This is the Nigerian record as well as second in Africa, only behind

Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa (born May 30, 1973) is a retired Zimbabwean triple jumper. He was the African record holder with 17.34 metres from 1998 to 2007. He won bronze medals at the 1992 World Junior Championships and the 1995 All-Africa Games as w ...

. He holds the African indoor record with 17.00 metres, achieved in January 1982 in

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.Area Indoor Records – Men – Africa
– IAAF.org

Achievements

1983 World Championships in Athletics The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall med ...

– bronze medal

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* 1955 births Living people Nigerian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Yoruba sportspeople Olympic athletes for Nigeria World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Nigeria Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 20th-century Nigerian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub