Oluyemi Kayode, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Oluyemi Kayode

Nigerian sprinter

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1968

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1994

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Oluyemi Kayode

  • Oluyemi Kayode (7 July 1968 – 1 October 1994) was a Nigerian sprinter. Kayode won the silver medal in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, together with teammates Chidi Imoh, Olapade Adeniken and Davidson Ezinwa.
  • He also won a silver medal in 200 metres at the 1993 African Championships and was Nigerian national champion on that distance in 1993 and 1994.
  • He finished sixth in the 200 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
  • Kayode died in a car accident in Northern Arizona in October 1994. A stadium in Ado-Ekiti is named in his honor.

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