Samuel Igun
Nigerian athlete
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Born | (1938-02-28) 28 February 1938 (age 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Igun (born 28 February 1938 in Warri, Delta State) is a retired Olympic athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the triple jump, high jump and long jump events during his career.
Igun represented Nigeria at four consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1960. He claimed the gold medal in the men's triple jump event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games for his native African country.
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Commonwealth Games champions in men's triple jump
- 1930:
Gordon Smallacombe (CAN)
- 1934:
Jack Metcalfe (AUS)
- 1938:
Jack Metcalfe (AUS)
- 1950:
Brian Oliver (AUS)
- 1954:
Ken Wilmshurst (ENG)
- 1958:
Ian Tomlinson (AUS)
- 1962:
Ian Tomlinson (AUS)
- 1966:
Samuel Igun (NGR)
- 1970:
Phil May (AUS)
- 1974:
Joshua Owusu (GHA)
- 1978:
Keith Connor (ENG)
- 1982:
Keith Connor (ENG)
- 1986:
John Herbert (ENG)
- 1990:
Marios Hadjiandreou (CYP)
- 1994:
Julian Golley (ENG)
- 1998:
Onochie Achike (ENG)
- 2002:
Jonathan Edwards (ENG)
- 2006:
Phillips Idowu (ENG)
- 2010:
Tosin Oke (NGR)
- 2014:
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)
- 2018:
Troy Doris (GUY)
- 2022:
Eldhose Paul (IND)
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