Yellow Yeiyah

Yellow Yeiyah in our words

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.

From Ondo to Beijing

Yellow Yeiyah (also written Yellow Yei Yah) was born on 9 September 1984 in Ondo State. A sprinter in freestyle and butterfly, he swam a wide programme at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne, from the 50 m freestyle to the 200 m individual medley, and that year won silver in the 50 m butterfly at the All-Africa Games in Algiers.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics he swam the 50 m freestyle in 24.00 seconds, placing 55th. He held the Nigerian 50 m and 100 m butterfly records for years, and was still winning medals for Nigeria at African level in 2016.