# Robert Ojo

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{{short description|Nigerian sprinter}}
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Robert Ojo
| image       =
| caption     =
| nationality = Nigerian
| sport       = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event       = Sprinting/400m
| club        = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1941|4|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Ikare](/source/Ikare), [British Nigeria](/source/Colonial_Nigeria)
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2014|3|27|1941|4|29|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Ibadan](/source/Ibadan), Nigeria
| height      =180 cm
| weight      =70 kg
}}

'''Robert Ojo'''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Robert Ojo.wav|Listen|help=no}} (29 April 1941 &ndash; 27 March 2014) was a Nigerian [sprinter](/source/sprint_(running)). He competed in the [men's 100 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres) at the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oj/robert-ojo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010951/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oj/robert-ojo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Robert Ojo Olympic Results |accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref>

Ojo finished third behind [David Jenkins](/source/David_Jenkins_(sprinter)) in the 400 metres event at the British [1972 AAA Championships](/source/1972_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19720716/031/0031 |title=AAA Championships full results |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=16 July 1972 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref><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=27 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>

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Category:1941 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Nigerian men sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Nigeria
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Nigeria
Category:20th-century Nigerian sportsmen

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