Jimmy Omagbemi

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jimmy Omagbemi

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| nationality = Nigerian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprints

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| birth_date = 26 November 1930

| birth_place = Warri, Delta, Nigeria

| death_date = 12 November 2012 (aged 81)

| death_place = Hooks, Texas, USA

| height =178 cm

| weight =68 kg

| medaltemplates =

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James Stephen Omajuwa Omagbemi (26 November 1930 – 12 November 2012){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/om/jimmy-omagbemi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070328/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/om/jimmy-omagbemi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jimmy Omagbemi Olympic Results |accessdate=11 July 2017}} was a Nigerian track and field athlete who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Omagbemi won the British AAA Championships title in the 100 yards event at the 1958 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19580713/014/0014 |title=Ibbotson quits... Pirie flops |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=13 July 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=2 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 May 2025}} Shortly afterwards he represented the country at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff. At the games, he was fifth in the 100 yards and won silver in the 4×100 yards relay.

He participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics but did not medal.{{cite news |last=Ikhazuagbe |first=Duro |date=13 November 2012 |title=Former Nigeria Track Star, Omagbemi, Dies At 81 | work=Thisday |location=Lagos }} He attended San Jose State College and was coached by Bud Winter.

Competition record

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{NGA}}
rowspan=2\|1958 \|rowspan=2\|Commonwealth Games \|rowspan=2\|Cardiff \|bgcolor= \| 5th \|100 Yards \|9.7 secs{{Cite web \|url=http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp \|title=Commonwealth Games Federation - Past Commonwealth Games \|access-date=28 February 2017 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp \|archive-date=14 September 2012 \|url-status=dead }}
bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|4 X 100 Yards \|
1960 \|Summer Olympics \|Rome, Italy \|bgcolor=\|Heat \|100 meters \|26.20 m

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}

colspan="6"|Representing {{NGA}}

rowspan=2|1958

|rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=2|Cardiff

|bgcolor= | 5th

|100 Yards

|9.7 secs{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp |title=Commonwealth Games Federation - Past Commonwealth Games |access-date=28 February 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp |archive-date=14 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}

bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|4 X 100 Yards

1960

|Summer Olympics

|Rome, Italy

|bgcolor=|Heat

|100 meters

|26.20 m