Oluyemi Kayode

Oluyemi Kayode (* July 7, 1968; † October 1, 1994 in Arizona) was a Nigerian sprinter who specialized lines of the 100 - and 200 - meters were run.

Sporting successes

Kayode celebrated his biggest success at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in the 4 x 100 - meter relay: He together with Chidi Imoh, Olapade Adeniken and Davidson Ezinwa won the silver medal and had to deal in 37.98 seconds, only the U.S. - American team led by Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell ( 37.40 seconds ) to admit defeat.

Kayode won another silver medal at the African Championships in 1993 in the 200 -meter run, a track where he was national champion in 1993 and 1994.

Bests

Others

Kayode died in a traffic accident in northern Arizona in October 1994.

At a height of 1.80 meters was Kayodes competition weight 75 kg.