14 August 2019(2019-08-14) (aged 95) Lagos, Nigeria
Alma mater
Loughborough College[1]
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
100 meters, 4x100 meters, 4×110 yards,[2] Long jump
University team
Loughborough University Athletics Club [1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956 [2]
Commonwealth finals
Auckland 1950, Canada 1954 [3]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Nigeria
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Commonwealth Games
0
2
0
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1954 Vancouver
4x110 yards relay
1954 Vancouver
Long jump
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Alhaji Karim Ayinla Babalola "KAB" Olowu OLY (OON) (7 June 1924 – 14 August 2019) was a Nigerian sprinter and long jumper who was part of Nigeria's first delegation to the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games.
Olowu participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2] Two years prior to his appearance at the Olympics, he participated in the 1950 British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games) in Auckland, New Zealand. At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Canada, he won silver medals in long jump and the 4×110 yards relay, becoming the first Nigerian athlete to win two medals at the Commonwealth Games. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics he became the first Nigerian Olympic torch bearer.[3] He was one of Africa's oldest living Olympians.
^ ab"Loughborough Sports History". loughboroughsport.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ abcEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karim Olowu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
^ ab"Nigerian Sports Award to honour Olowu, Ogan, Eleyae". Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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