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Nigerian boxer (1939–2016)

Fatai Ayinla
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
Men's Boxing
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Havana Heavyweight
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1973 Lagos Heavyweight
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kingston Light Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh Light Heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch Heavyweight

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:

References

All-Africa Boxing Champions in Men's Heavyweight
  • 1965 – 2007: over 81 kg
  • 1987 – 2019: up to 91 kg
Commonwealth Games Boxing Champions in Men's Light Heavyweight
  • 1930 – 1938: up to 79.38 kg
  • 1950: up to 80 kg
  • 1954 – 2018: up to 81 kg
  • 2022 – present: up to 80 kg


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