Oluyemi Kayode

{{Short description|Nigerian sprinter (1968–1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson |birth_date=7 July 1968 |death_date={{death date and age|1 Oct 1994|7 Jul 1968}} |medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country | {{NGR}} }} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver| 1992 Barcelona | 4 × 100 m}} {{MedalCompetition|African Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1993 Durban|200 m}} {{MedalSilver|1993 Durban|4×100 m}} }}

'''Oluyemi Kayode'''{{Audio|Oluyemi_Kayode.wav|listen}} (7 July 1968 – 1 October 1994) was a Nigerian sprinter.

Kayode was an All-American sprinter for the BYU Cougars track and field team, placing runner-up in the 200 metres at the 1993 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref name="200 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=3 |title=200 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>

Kayode won the silver medal in 4 × 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 respectively. He finished sixth in the 200 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

==Death== Kayode died in a car accident in Northern Arizona in October 1994.<ref name="The Nation Nigeria 2015">{{Cite news | title=Sad tale of 76-yr-old mother of late Nigerian hero abandoned to fate |newspaper=The Nation|location=Nigeria | date=2015-05-09 | url=http://thenationonlineng.net/sad-tale-of-76-yr-old-mother-of-late-nigerian-hero-abandoned-to-fate/ | access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref> A stadium in Ado-Ekiti is named in his honor.<ref name="iaaf.org">{{cite web | title=Oluyemi KAYODE - Profile | website=iaaf.org | url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/nigeria/oluyemi-kayode-4671 | access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529070148/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KAYODOLU01 Oluyemi Kayode at databaseOlympics] *[https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36916 Oluyemi Kayode at the Commonwealth Games Federation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912105631/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36916 |date=12 September 2021 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kayode, Oluyemi}} Category:1968 births Category:1994 deaths Category:Nigerian men sprinters Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Nigeria Category:Olympic athletes for Nigeria Category:Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria Category:Road incident deaths in Arizona Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics Category:20th-century Nigerian sportsmen Category:Deaths of competitors in the sport of athletics Category:BYU Cougars men's track and field athletes