Yellow Yeiyah

Yellow Yeiyah
Personal information
Nationality Nigeria
Born (1984-09-09) 9 September 1984 (age 40)
Ondo, Nigeria
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers 50m Butterfly

Yellow Yeiyah, last names also seen as two words "Yei Yah", (born 9 September 1984 in Ondo, Nigeria)[1] is an Olympic swimmer from Nigeria. He swam for Nigeria at the 2008 Olympics.[2]

He first represented Nigeria at international level in the 8th African Swimming Championships held in Dakar, Senegal in September 2006 where he posted a time of 26.04 in the 50 meters butterfly finishing seventh.[3] He is the current Nigerian National Record Holder in the 50m and 100m Butterfly events.

At the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne he swam 26.05 in the same event, also participating in the 50 and 100 meters freestyle, 100 meters butterfly, 200 meters individual medley as well as being part of the 4x100 medley relay.

British sports journalist and former swimmer James Parrack has described Yeiyah as having "great potential" and has suggested that he specialise to maximise this.

Some of his best times are listed below;

  • 50m Freestyle: 23.86sec
  • 100m Freestyle: 54.17sec
  • 50m Butterfly: 24.46sec NR
  • 100m Butterfly: 57.15sec
  • 200IM 2:26.31sec

References

  1. ^ Yellow's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-23.
  2. ^ Yeiyah's bio/results page from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-23.
  3. ^ Result page Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine of the Senegal Swimming Federation.


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