Personality Profile: Nojim Maiyegun, Nigeria`s first Olympic medallist,

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.

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.

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

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Who is this blind Bartimeus?

He was a legend




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In days past, boxing was such a dangerous sport. Thanks to advanced medicare, people can now engage in boxing with little health risk.

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Who is this blind Bartimeus?

The distance between an average Igbo man and envy of Yoruba is shorter than the shoe heels of the stiletto Ojukwu wore in disguise on his way to Abidjan.

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Emmanuel Ifeajuna we know.....



Who is this blind Bartimeus?

Emmanuel Arinze Ifeajuna (1935 – 25 September 1967) was the first Black African to win a gold medal at an international sports event when he won at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. His winning mark and personal best of 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) was a games record and a British Empire record at the time.


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Emmanuel Ifeajuna we know.....



Who is this blind Bartimeus?

Tell me the truth, you are pained!!

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afonja always making us proud

Afonja = Excellence

But Nigeria did not help his life

is nairaland about competition between the South east and South west on achievements

by the way boxing has always giving us medals and glory from day one


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Emmanuel Ifeajuna we know.....



Who is this blind Bartimeus?

Ifeajuna was at University of Ibadan ,just like Ngozi Iweala attended St Anne's school ,Ibadan and International School ,Ibadan.So,nothing tangible written about his achievement as touching Olympic or boxing.He only came to learn from the real source of knowledge.