Festus Igbinoghene

{{Short description|Nigerian athlete (born 1969)}}

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Triple jump

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Festus Igbinoghene (born 21 October 1969) is a Nigerian athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ig/festus-igbinoghene-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ig/festus-igbinoghene-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Festus Igbinoghene Olympic Results |accessdate=25 December 2017}}

He attended Mississippi State University as a long jumper and triple jumper. Igbinoghene won five SEC titles in the triple jump and long jump. He earned a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.{{cite news |last1=Wolk |first1=Benjamin |title=Family’s Olympic legacy prepares WR Noah Igbinoghene for 2-sport career at Auburn |url=https://www.ajc.com/feed/sports/college/familys-olympic-legacy-prepares-wr-noah-igbinoghen/fCWpf5/ |accessdate=April 24, 2020 |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=July 5, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Personal life

His son Noah Igbinoghene (born 1999) is an American football cornerback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL), after being drafted in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft by the Miami Dolphins, traded to the Dallas Cowboys and then signed as a free agent by the Commanders in 2024. His wife Faith Idehen earned a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics as a part of the Nigerian women's 4 x 100 relay team.

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