Nigeria Mourns As First-Ever Olympic Medalist, Dies In Austria

Nigeria is in mourning following the passing away of her first-ever Olympic gold medalist, Nojim Maiyegun.

GWG.ng gathered that Nojim Maiyegun died in Austria, on Monday, August 26, 2024, at the age of 83.

Late Maiyegun was a Nigerian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men’s Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

He was born in Lagos on February 17, 1941. He was Nigeria’s first Olympic medalist.

Maiyegun revealed his loss of vision in 2012 and passed away on August 26, 2024.

Nigerians have since taken to their social media handles to pen tributes to the sports legend. See some reactions gathered by GWG.ng on X:

@midonations recounted, “We still talked about this man when I visited the Odua museum a couple of days ago.”

chris chinazom said, “The rate at which our legends kicked bucket this year is very concerning. Let them keep resting.”

@Aribide wrote, “Rest well legend.”

@ncep_republic wrote, “May his soul rest in our national hearts.”

 @uzeey_jnr said, “May his soul rest in peace. We were not taught about him, I pray the country he stood for will recognize him and idolize him.”

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