Nigerian canoeist, Jonathan Akinyemi has arrived in Rio, Brazil ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games which begins in the Brazilian City of Rio on August 5.

Akinyemi is ready to compete in Rio Games.GO FOR GOLD: Jonathan Akinyemi competing in Kayak at the 2012 London Olympics. Akinyemi is ready to compete in Rio Games. Akinyemi, who will represent Nigeria at the Olympics for the second successive time in the canoe/slalom kayak event at the Rio 2016 Olympics, arrived Brazil on Tuesday, ahead of the rest members of Team Nigeria. He was received at the Games Village by officials of Team Nigeria.

‘’He immediately got down to work and has not slowed down since he hit Rio’’, an excited official of Nigeria Olympic Committee said. Born in England, Jonathan Akinyemi is the first Nigerian to compete in the canoeing event of the Olympic Games. He qualified as Nigeria’s only canoeist to Rio 2016 in the men’s K-1 class by obtaining a top finish at the 2015 African Canoe Slalom Championships in Sagana, Kenya which makes him a medal hopeful at the Rio Games.


: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/akinyemis-first-nigerian-athlete-arrive-rio/

men who know how to plan are already there.


lets go there

Jonathan Akinyemi
Nigeria - Men



Fast Facts




AKA: Johny

Discipline: Kayak (K1) Men

DOB: November 22, 1988

Born: Warrington, Great Britain

Training location: Bala and Nottingham

Main sponsors: Peak UK, Cool Blue Canoes, Qfor

Coach: John Cofie Akinyemi

Website: www.kayakinyemi.com

Am sure he paid his t-fare.

No be by first to come, na to win medal come back

buhari refused to sponsor the team ok na

Make first to reach Rio no turn to last on event day ooo

Because most times na otu dey first reach field

I don't know why I'm finding hard to believe this guy is a Nigerian?....

Nice one Omo Yoruba atata..

MadeInTokyo:
No be by first to come, na to win medal come back

but he should be at least appreciated because it shows that he really has his country at heart

He doesn't look like a Nigerian

iamauxin:
I don't know why I'm finding hard to believe this guy is a Nigerian?....

he might be mixed

Looks like a 100% white.... Cute guy

nice one

AlphaCentauri:
he would fit in brazil. he looks brazillian

naija blood....

He's obviously biracial so what's with the comments

It's quite heartbreaking that nobody is saying anything about the fact that the athletes are sponsoring themselves to this event. Funny enough, when they win medals and come back, they will be hosted to a "presidential dinner" and PMB's media house will make it look like it's his victory.
We have a sports minister that's always forming agile and up to date and yet his behaviour towards this Olympics is very disappointing. If it is to wear beret and meet with some cult boys in the name of dialogue with militants, he will carry first. This is the first time since I was born that the government is nonchalant about an even as big as olympics.

I hope he is not on drugs like Tosin Adeloye. Anyway he obviously didnt grow up in the South wàste.

Wow! D guy try sha.Such ppl shuld b encouraged..

Ejaykeo:
he might be mixed

okay

I don't know what's wrong with me, anytime someone mentions me I just take a moment and view the person's pix... nice pix you've got there.

Kayaking in the bacteria-infested waters of Rio. I don't envy him. Good luck to him.

robosky02:



naija blood....

most brazillians are yorubas. thats where they took many yorubas during slavery. so they mixed with spanish and look half caste now. so he looks like them cuz he is half caste and nigerian. daz all am sayin brah

Bros, just concentrate on why you are there in Rio, forget about all those Brazilian girls throwing yansh upandan. They may entice you with their sexy body, just don't look their way.

Meanwhile, how did he source for funds?

Ikwokrikwo:
I hope he is not on drugs like Tosin Adeloye. Anyway he obviously didnt grow up in the South wàste.

We know you are from the criminal republic , you need no further introduction. Akpu brain

God bless u my Nigerian brother. ... rep us well bro. .. at least u really want to work for your country despite every odds. . unlike some morons that will still post comment to stain our only country .. ...

AlphaCentauri:
most brazillians are yorubas. thats where they took many yorubas during slavery. so they mixed with spanish and look half caste now. so he looks like them cuz he is half caste and nigerian. daz all am sayin brah

The 27-year-old is Nigeria’s only hope of winning its first Olympic medal in Canoeing.

He was Born in England, Akinyemi is the first Nigerian to compete in the canoeing event of the Olympic Games.

robosky02:




The 27-year-old is Nigeria’s only hope of winning its first Olympic medal in Canoeing.

He was Born in England, Akinyemi is the first Nigerian to compete in the canoeing event of the Olympic Games.

bro are you drunk ? i did not say he is not nigerian. i simply said he looks brazillian. comprehende ?

Lazy journalism. You copied an article from the net and can't even edit it. Shame.

robosky02:
Nigerian canoeist, Jonathan Akinyemi has arrived in Rio, Brazil ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games which begins in the Brazilian City of Rio on August 5.

Akinyemi is ready to compete in Rio Games.GO FOR GOLD: Jonathan Akinyemi competing in Kayak at the 2012 London Olympics. Akinyemi is ready to compete in Rio Games. Akinyemi, who will represent Nigeria at the Olympics for the second successive time in the canoe/slalom kayak event at the Rio 2016 Olympics, arrived Brazil on Tuesday, ahead of the rest members of Team Nigeria. He was received at the Games Village by officials of Team Nigeria.

‘’He immediately got down to work and has not slowed down since he hit Rio’’, an excited official of Nigeria Olympic Committee said. Born in England, Jonathan Akinyemi is the first Nigerian to compete in the canoeing event of the Olympic Games. He qualified as Nigeria’s only canoeist to Rio 2016 in the men’s K-1 class by obtaining a top finish at the 2015 African Canoe Slalom Championships in Sagana, Kenya which makes him a medal hopeful at the Rio Games.


: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/akinyemis-first-nigerian-athlete-arrive-rio/