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Oluyemi Kayode’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

IntroNigerian sprinter
Was

Athlete

From

Nigeria

Type

Sports

Gendermale
Birth7 July 1968
Death1 October 1994
(aged 26 years)

Oluyemi Kayode (July 7, 1968 – October 1, 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. Kayode died in a car accident in Northern Arizona in October 1994. A stadium in Ado-Ekiti is named in his honor.