Fatai Ayinla
Nigerian boxer (1939–2016)
Medal record
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Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle (6 May 1939 – 12 October 2016) was an amateur boxer from Nigeria, who won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division (+ 81 kg) at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria. He was born in Ibadan, Oyo. Ayinla represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1968 and 1972. He claimed a bronze medal at the first World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba (1974).
1972 Olympic results
Below is the record of Fatai Ayinla, a Nigerian heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:
- Round of 16: lost to Carroll Morgan (Canada) by decision, 2-3
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fatai Ayinla". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012.
- Article - The Death of Nigerian Sports And A Walk Down Memory Lane
- "Legendary African Boxing Champion is Dead: Adieu to Fatai Ayinla". Gbedu Magazine. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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- 1965 – 2007: over 81 kg
- 1987 – 2019: up to 91 kg
- 1965: Talaat el-Dahsan (EGY)
- 1973: Fatai Ayinla (NGR)
- 1978: Joseph Mensah (GHA)
- 1987: Fred Kaddu (UGA)
- 1991: David Izonritei (NGR)
- 1995: Omar Ahmed (KEN)
- 1999: Mohamed Azzaoui (ALG)
- 2003: Emmanuel Izonritei (NGR)
- 2007: Mourad Sahraoui (TUN)
- 2011: Chouaib Bouloudinat (ALG)
- 2015: Kennedy St-Pierre (MRI)
- 2019: Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)
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