50 m butterfly silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games.
Swam at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne.
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Ngozi Monu
Sprint freestyle
Olympian 2000 and 2008
Nigerian roots: Nigerian sprinter.
2Olympic Games
2003African Games silver
27.71Abuja 2003
50 m freestyle silver at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja.
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Rachael Tonjor
Breaststroke
Rio 2016 Olympian
Nigerian roots: Nigerian national record holder.
33.8150 m breast record
2011African Games bronze
2016Rio
National breaststroke records since 2011.
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Joseph Afekafe
Pioneer of the 1960s and 1970s
African Games 1965 and 1973; Commonwealth Games 1966
Nigerian roots: Trained under coach A.B.R. Watts.
1965African Games
1966Commonwealth Games
1973African Games
One of the stars of Nigeria’s golden swimming era.
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Swimming sports in Nigeria: Hall of Fame
Nigeria has achieved much than expected in the sports of swimming, some Nigeria swimmers have achievements in the sports and have given Nigeria a headlit in the sports, Some of the includes;
Yellow Yeiyah is a famous Olympic swimmer from Nigeria; he was born on 9th of September 1984, in Ondo state.
He made his international debut in September 2006 when he represented Nigeria at the 8th African Swimming Championships held in Dakar, Senegal in where he posted a time of 26.04 in the 50 meters butterfly and finished seventh.
He also swam for Nigeria in 2007 at World Championships in Melbourne. In 2016 he won silver in the men’s 50m breaststroke at 2016 Confederation of African Swimming Association senior championships in Senegal.
Chinelo Iyadi is a professional female Nigerian swimmer. She swam for Nigeria and won gold in the 50m breaststroke and 100m women butterfly during the 2016 Confederation of African Swimming Association senior championships in Senegal.
Evelyn Nmor is a female Nigeria swimmer that was born on 26th of November, 2001. She has represented the country in several tournaments at national and international levels. She represented Nigeria at 2016 Confederation of African Swimming Association senior championships in Senegal and won gold in the women 100m breaststroke then silver in the 50m breaststroke.
Some of Nigeria swimmers includes but is not limited to;
Horace Kantu
Deborah Okpochini
Fred Mann
Yellow Yeiyah
Chinelo Iyadi
Stephen Onyeacholam
Evelyn Nmor
Job Ofongo (late)
Tunde Fatayi -Williams
Joseph Afekafe
Funke Zedomi,
Modupe Enigbokan
Funke Adebawo
Ebarakumo Dino
Timipame-ere Akiayefa
Foresight Osamezu
In 1965, the following swimmers represented Nigeria at the 1st African Games in Brazzaville, Congo Republic:
Modupe Enigbokan
Christopher Adingupu
Job Ofongo
Paul Okwuma
Joseph Afekafe
In 1966 the following swimmers represented us at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica:
Paul Okwuma
Joseph Afekafe
Modupe Enigbokan
Christopher Adingupu
Also in 1973, the following swimmers were participants at the 2nd African Games held in Lagos, Nigeria:
Abdul Jabar Adama holds the Nigerian records in the 50 m freestyle (22.21), 100 m freestyle (49.98), 50 m butterfly and 100 m butterfly.
Who are Nigeria’s most famous swimmers?
Pioneers Joseph Afekafe and Stephen Onyeacholam, Olympians Ngozi Monu, Yellow Yeiyah, Rachael Tonjor, Abiola Ogunbanwo, Tobi Sijuade and Adaku Nwandu, and today’s star Abdul Jabar Adama.
