Olajumoke Bodunrin (born 7 February 1945) is a retired Nigerian

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er. Regarded as "Africa's fastest woman" during her career, Olajumoke claimed gold at the

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before going on to represent Nigeria at the

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in Mexico.

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1945 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ogun State Olympic athletes for Nigeria Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1965 All-Africa Games Yoruba sportswomen Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Nigerian women {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub