Modupe Oshikoya
Nigerian athlete
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Born | 2 May 1954 (1954-05-02) (age 70) She attended the Methodist Girls' High School, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria between 1967 and 1972 where she completed her secondary school education. |
Modupe Oshikoya (born 2 May 1954) is a former female track and field athlete from Nigeria, who competed in the women's sprint and long jump events during her career. She is a one-time Olympian (1972), and also competed in the heptathlon. Oshikoya won a total number of five gold medals at the All-Africa Games (1973 and 1978). Oshikoya competed and won Gold for her University in the US, UCLA in the 100 meters, the Long Jump, 100 meters hurdles and the hepthatlon at the NCAA championships in 1982.
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Commonwealth Games champions in women's long jump
- 1934:
Phyllis Bartholomew (ENG)
- 1938:
Decima Norman (AUS)
- 1950:
Yvette Williams (NZL)
- 1954:
Yvette Williams (NZL)
- 1958:
Sheila Hoskin (ENG)
- 1962:
Pam Kilborn (AUS)
- 1966:
Mary Rand (ENG)
- 1970:
Sheila Sherwood (ENG)
- 1974:
Modupe Oshikoya (NGR)
- 1978:
Sue Reeve (ENG)
- 1982:
Shonel Ferguson (BAH)
- 1986:
Joyce Oladapo (ENG)
- 1990:
Jane Flemming (AUS)
- 1994:
Nicole Boegman (AUS)
- 1998:
Joanne Wise (ENG)
- 2002:
Elva Goulbourne (JAM)
- 2006:
Bronwyn Thompson (AUS)
- 2010:
Alice Falaiye (CAN)
- 2014:
Ese Brume (NGR)
- 2018:
Christabel Nettey (CAN)
- 2022:
Ese Brume (NGR)
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