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Nojim Maiyegun, a former Nigerian Middleweight boxer and champion and also Nigeria`s first Olympic medallist, was born in February 21, 1944 in Lagos. He won the bronze medal in the men`s Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, becoming Nigeria`s first Olympic medalist.

Maiyegun, famously called Omo Oloja by fans, has spent more than half of his life in Austria where he had decided to settle since 1971 in order to attract more international fights.

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1964 Tokyo Olympics where he won Nigeria's first Olympic medal


Besides winning the Olympic medal, he won a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Kinston, Jamaica in 1966 and a few more medals which included an African Championship gold and a medal from the 1960 Independence celebration tournament.


Maiyegun’s dream of winning a world title was cut short by blindness.

He had to take up menial jobs to survive after his boxing career ended in Austria. He was employed as a street cleaner and janitor but had to be accompanied to carry out his duties. He worked for 28 years before retiring.

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According to him, “I’m not sure what could have caused the blindness but doctors thought it could have been from punches on the head. It started partially, and at a point I had to fight a world championship title bout with the sight problem. I lost the fight on decision but it is on record that I am the first blind boxer to fight for a title. I could see with one eye then.”

Maiyegun is also on record to be the first completely blind man in Austria to climb a mountain 1,700 metres high and jump with a parachute.

His wife, whom he married in 1962 and their three children live in London.


http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/01/meet-nigerias-first-ever-olympic.html

President Babangida renamed Obalende Road after him (Nojeem Maiyegun Road) and that's still its official name, but people still call it Obalende Road.

naptu2:
President Babangida renamed Obalende Road after him (Nojeem Maiyegun Road) and that's still its official name, but people still call it Obalende Road.

Wow! I had no idea.

where is the picture of the man being blind

History sha!

Nice.

Kk

Sai buhari

Wonder what would have become of him if he stayed back in Nigeria. ..

Wow! Educating

Sai buhari

Nice one to him and our country. bt i have never had of him

Na Blow blind am? Just asking for a friend

Wow interesting

Hmmmmm! Interesting.

Wow..... Amazing

ofofoCEO:
Na Blow blind am? Just asking for a friend

From a friend?

free2ryhme:
where is the picture of the man being blind

Really, u cant see the picture? too bad

Great. The cause of the blindness should be diagnosed. I doubt, like Maiyegun would want us believe, the blindness is as a result of punches. Muhammed Ali, George Foreman, etc received more punches and were never blind. At 74 it is just Parkingson's Disease that Ali suffers.

God bless the blind

History helps one to see the big picture of life.

It sometimes opens one's eyes to the fact that there are less and less unprecedented achievements.

Think about something really far out, someone's been there, done that.

Jumping off a mountain and parachuting blind.....!

winkmart:


Really, u cant see the picture? too bad

Becos a man wear dark glasses does it make him blind? Abacha wore dark glasses and was not blind

What happened to the line, "the labours of our heroes past, shall never be in vain" ?

hmmm

mahakurci010:
Nice one to him amd our country. bt o have never had of him

How come heard becomes had?

T

I tot maj. Ifeajuna (hope I spelt it correctly?) is how first Olympic medallist? N he won it in 195-kini as a high jumper hence we had him on our eze time eze exercise book?

Now dis guy is d first wit 1964? Why ar pple trying to write a fake history for us?

Ok