Fidelis Ndyabagye

Fidelis Ndyabagye (born February 24, 1950) is a Ugandan

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. He represented Uganda at the 1980 Olympics in the long jump. He also competed at the

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where he won the silver medal in the long jump and set the still current Ugandan national record at 7.75 meters. After the Olympics he attended the

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. He won the

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1982, 1984 and 1985 Indoor Championships and the 1985 Outdoor championships. By the time of his 1985 championship, he was 35 years old. How he managed to pass the strict NCAA eligibility requirements at that age is not explained. His winning jump of at his home stadium in Albuquerque would not only be a new national record, but a masters M35 World Record. The

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does not list the mark as a record, the WAC and University show the mark. The masters record would be surpassed a year later by Yugoslavian

Nenad Stekić Nenad Stekić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Стекић; 7 March 1951 – 18 July 20211950 births Living people Ugandan male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics African Games silver medalists for Uganda African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ugandan people 21st-century Ugandan people {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub