Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle (6 May 1939 – 12 October 2016) was an amateur

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from

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, who won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division (+ 81 kg) at the

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. He was born in

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, Oyo. Ayinla represented his native country twice at the

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: in 1968 and 1972. He claimed a bronze medal at the first World Amateur Boxing Championships in

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(1974).

1972 Olympic results

Below is the record of Fatai Ayinla, a Nigerian heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics: * Round of 16: lost to

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(Canada) by decision, 2-3

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