Ajayi Agbebaku

Birth dateDec 6, 1956

BirthplaceBenin City, Nigeria

Height1.85 m

Weight80 kg

Ajayi Agbebaku (born 6 December 1955) is a retired Nigerian Olympian who competed in the triple jump.

He still holds the indoor record at the University of Missouri with his jump of 16.60 metres at the 1978 NCAA indoor championships.

His personal best jump was 17.26 metres, achieved in July 1983 in Edmonton. This is the Nigerian record as well as second in Africa, only behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa. He holds the African indoor record with 17.00 metres, achieved in January 1982 in Dallas.

Personal bests

7.94

17.26

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Medals

	🥇	🥈	🥉	Total
World Championships	-	-	1	1

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
1988	TJ	16.68	+1.7	Jun 30, 1988	↓	Västerås (SWE)
1987	LJ	7.99	+2.8	May 16, 1987	↓	Lausanne (SUI)
1987	TJ	16.97	-	Jun 11, 1987	↓	Inglewood, CA (USA) (i)
1986	TJ	17.12	-0.3	Aug 13, 1986	↓	Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI)
1984	TJ	16.96	-	Jul 13, 1984	↓	Rabat (MAR)
1983	LJ	7.88	-	Feb 4, 1983	↓	Inglewood, CA (USA) (i)
1983	TJ	17.26	+1.5	Jul 8, 1983	↓	Edmonton Universiade
1982	TJ	17.00	-	Jan 30, 1982	↓	Dallas, TX (USA) (i)
1981	TJ	16.53	-	Jan 24, 1981	↓	Kansas City, MO (USA) (i)
1980	TJ	16.48	-	Feb 2, 1980	↓	Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i)
1979	LJ	7.94	-	Aug 3, 1979	↓	Dakar African Championships
1979	TJ	16.82	+3.0	Aug 5, 1979	↓	Formia (ITA)
1978	LJ	7.78	-	Feb 24, 1978	↓	Lincoln, NE (USA) (i)
1978	TJ	16.60	-	Mar 10, 1978	↓	Detroit, MI (USA) (i)

1988

4 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
TJ	16.65	-	Jul 5	Stockholm DN Galan, Stockholm
TJ	16.68	+1.7	Jun 30	Västeras, Västerås
TJ	16.26	-	Jun 13	Padova
TJ	16.24	-	May 7	Modesto, CA

1987

10 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
LJ	7.63	+0.8	Sep 15	Athletissima Lausanne, Lausanne
TJ	15.66	-0.8	Aug 30	IAAF World Championships
TJ	15.66	-0.8	Aug 29	IAAF World Championships
TJ	16.97	-	Jun 11	Paris-St-Denis
TJ	16.90	-	May 28	Sevilla
LJ	7.99	+2.8	May 16	Granada
TJ	16.54	-	May 9	Modesto, CA
TJ	16.61	-	Apr 12	El Paso, TX
TJ	DNS	-	Mar 6	IAAF World Indoor Championships, Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN (i)
TJ	16.06	-	Feb 20	Inglewood, CA (i)

1986

3 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
TJ	16.41	-	Sep 10	Roma Golden Gala, Stadio Olimpico, Roma
TJ	16.40	+0.5	Sep 2	Athletissima Lausanne, Lausanne
TJ	17.12	-0.3	Aug 13	Weltklasse Zürich, Letzigrund, Zürich

1984

5 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
TJ	16.67	-1.6	Aug 4	The XXIII Olympic Games, Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
TJ	16.93	-1.9	Aug 3	The XXIII Olympic Games, Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
TJ	16.96	-	Jul 13	Rabat African Championships, Rabat
TJ	16.79	-	Feb 4	Dallas, TX (i)
TJ	16.49	-	Jan 20	Los Angeles, CA (i)

1983

13 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
TJ	16.81	-	Aug 16	Göteborg
TJ	17.18	+1.4	Aug 8	IAAF World Championships, Olympiastadion, Helsinki
TJ	17.18	+1.4	Aug 7	IAAF World Championships, Olympiastadion, Helsinki
TJ	16.80	-0.9	Aug 7	IAAF World Championships, Olympiastadion, Helsinki
TJ	17.26	+1.5	Jul 8	Edmonton Universiade
TJ	16.98	-	Jun 12	Berkeley, CA
TJ	17.05	-	May 28	San José
TJ	16.67	-	May 15	Westwood, CA
TJ	16.92	-	May 14	Modesto ModR, Modesto, CA
TJ	17.07	+3.4	May 8	Tokyo
TJ	16.91	-	May 8	Tokyo
TJ	16.80	-	Feb 5	Dallas, TX (i)
LJ	7.88	-	Feb 4	Inglewood, CA (i)

1982

1 performance

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
TJ	17.00	-	Jan 30	Dallas, TX (i)

1981

2 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
TJ	16.14	+0.2	Sep 5	Roma IAAF World Cup
TJ	16.53	-	Jan 24	Kansas City, MO (i)

1980