Yellow Yeiyah, last names also seen as two words "Yei Yah", (born 9 September 1984 in Ondo, Nigeria) is an Olympic swimmer from

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. He swam for Nigeria at the

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. He first represented Nigeria at international level in the 8th African Swimming Championships held in

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in September 2006 where he posted a time of 26.04 in the 50 meters

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finishing seventh.Result page
of the Senegal Swimming Federation. He is the current Nigerian National Record Holder in the 50m and 100m Butterfly events. At the 2007 World Championships in

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he swam 26.05 in the same event, also participating in the 50 and 100 meters

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, 100 meters butterfly, 200 meters

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as well as being part of the 4x100 medley relay. British sports journalist and former swimmer

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has described Yeiyah as having "great potential" and has suggested that he specialise to maximise this. Some of his best times are listed below; *50m Freestyle: 23.86sec *100m Freestyle: 54.17sec *50m Butterfly: 24.46sec NR *100m Butterfly: 57.15sec *200IM 2:26.31sec

References

1984 births Living people Nigerian male swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Nigeria African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Swimmers at the 2019 African Games People from Ondo City {{Nigeria-swimming-bio-stub