Olapade Adeniken

{{Short description|Nigerian sprinter (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Olapade Adeniken | image = | caption = | nationality = Nigerian | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints | club = UTEP Miners, El Paso | birth_date = 19 August 1969 | birth_place = Osogbo, Osun, Nigeria | death_date = | death_place = | height =186 cm | weight = 78 kg | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{NGR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1992 Barcelona | 4×100 m}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1997 Athens|4×100 m}} {{MedalCompetition|African Championships}} {{MedalGold|1988 Annaba|4×100 m}} {{MedalGold|1989 Lagos|200 m}} }}

'''Olapade Charles Adeniken'''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Olapade Adeniken.wav|Listen|help=no}} (born 19 August 1969) is a Nigerian former sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres, and competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73987 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == Adeniken won the silver medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, together with teammates Chidi Imoh, Oluyemi Kayode and Davidson Ezinwa.<ref name=oly/>

He was the first Nigerian sprinter to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres;his personal best time was 9.95 seconds, achieved in April 1994 in El Paso. This ranks him third in Nigeria, only behind Olusoji Fasuba (9.85 s) and Davidson Ezinwa (9.94 s).<ref name="CMWalltime">[http://www.gbrathletics.net/cm99.htm Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520070413/http://www.gbrathletics.net/cm99.htm |date=2007-05-20 }} - GBR Athletics</ref> In 200 metres his personal best time was 20.11 seconds, achieved in June 1992 in Austin. This ranks him third in Nigeria, only behind Francis Obikwelu and Daniel Effiong, and fifth in Africa, behind Frankie Fredericks, Obikwelu, Stéphan Buckland and Effiong.<ref name="CMWalltime"/>

Adeniken finished second behind John Regis in the 200 metres event at the British 1990 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref>

Adeniken was an NCAA champion sprinter for the UTEP Miners track and field team, winning the 100 m and 200 m at the 1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adeniken sprints to NCAA titles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times-adeniken-sprints-to-ncaa-t/191599281/ |work=El Paso Times |access-date=18 February 2026 |page=8 |date=7 Jun 1992}}</ref>

== Achievements == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{NGR}} |- |rowspan=3|1988 |rowspan=3|World Junior Championships |rowspan=3|Sudbury, Canada |4th |100 m |10.40 (wind: -2.8 m/s) |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |200 m |20.88 '''w''' (wind: +4.2 m/s) |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |39.66 |- |1989 |Universiade |Duisburg, West Germany |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd |100 m |10.35 |- |1991 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |align="center" | 5th |200 m |20.51 |- |rowspan=3|1992 |rowspan=3|Olympic Games |rowspan=3|Barcelona, Spain |align="center" | 6th |100 m |10.12 |- |align="center" | 5th |200 m |20.50 |- |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd |4 × 100 m relay |37.98 |- |1994 |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada |align="center" | 6th |100 m |10.11 |- |1995 |World Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |align="center" | 7th |100 m | 10.20 |- |1997 |World Championships |Athens, Greece |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd |4 × 100 m relay |38.07 |}

===Track records=== As of 6 September 2024, Adenkien holds the following track records for 100 metres and 200 metres.

====100 metres==== {| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center" |- !Location !Time !Windspeed m/s !Date |- | Sestriere || 9.92 || +2.8 || 29/07/1995 |}

====200 metres==== {| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center" |- !Location !Time !Windspeed m/s !Date |- | Colorado Springs, Colorado || 20.00 || +3.4 || 23/05/1992 |}

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==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Olapade Adeniken}}

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