Nojim Maiyegun

Nigerian boxer (1941–2024)

Nojim Maiyegun
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Light Middleweight
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston Light Middleweight

Nojim Maiyegun (17 February 1941 – 26 August 2024) was a Nigerian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Maiyegun was born in Lagos on 17 February 1941. He was Nigeria's first Olympic medalist. Maiyegun revealed his loss of vision in 2012.[1] He died on 26 August 2024, at the age of 83.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ "I'm Still Alive, Maiyegun Cries Out". Naij. 2012.
  2. ^ "Nigeria's First Olympic Medallist, Maiyegun is Dead". This Day. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  • Boxing record for Nojim Maiyegun from BoxRec (registration required)
  • Article - The Death of Nigerian Sports And A Walk Down Memory Lane


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