Yusuf Alli (born 28 July 1960 in

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...

) is a retired

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long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er, and three-time Olympian. He is best known for his gold medal at the

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. His personal best is 8.27 metres, achieved at the

1989 African Championships in Athletics The 1989 African Championships in Athletics were held in Lagos, Nigeria between 4 and 8 August. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table See also * 1989 in athletics (track and field) External linksResults– GBR Athletics ...

. This is the Nigerian record

also 8.39 at the commonwealth games (1990). He jumped in college for the

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where he still holds the school records for the long jump - both indoor and outdoor (set in 1984 and 1983 respectively). 2nd world cup in athletics 1989 Barcelona Spain; African captain, longest Nigeria captain, technical director athletic federation of Nigeria and manager COJA committee for 8th All African games

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1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Lagos Nigerian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Olympic athletes of Nigeria African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Nigeria Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games Universiade gold medalists for Nigeria Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 20th-century Nigerian people 21st-century Nigerian people Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub