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| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 110 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.61 (2019) 200 m – 21.89 (2017) 110 mH – 13.67 (2019)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Oyeniyi Abejoye (born 16 January 1994) is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles and also competes as a sprinter.[2] He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 110 metres hurdles.[3] At the 2019 African Games, he competed in the 110 metres hurdles, winning a silver medal.[4] He was a member of the Nigerian 4 × 100 m relay team that won a silver medal in the 2019 African Games.[5][6]
He won the 110-meters hurdles silver medal at the 2018 African Athletics Championships in Asaba.[7]
References
- Oyeniyi Abejoye at World Athletics
- "Nigeria's Fastest Hurdler, Oyeniyi Abejoye Headlines 1st Athletics In Schools Program". nigeriaathletics.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- "Oyeniyi Abejoye". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- "African Games (Athletics) Results - Men's 110m Hurdles Final". 2019 AG official website. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "African Games (Athletics) Results - Men's 4x100m Relay Final". 2019 AG official website. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- "Asaab 2018: Abejoye Oyeniyi clinches silver in 110m hurdles". Voice of Nigeria. Retrieved 4 August 2018.