Muideen Ganiyu (born 5 May 1987) is a
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from
Nigeria
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born in Ibadan the Oyo State capital known by many as the king of boxing. He won a silver medal at the 8th all African games in 2003 at Abuja, Nigeria. Also the same year Won gold medal at the first Afro-Asian games in Hyderabad, India.
Career
He won bronze medal in the 2004 pre-olympic championships in Havana Cuba.
He participated in the Athens
2004 Summer Olympics
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where he made it to the quarterfinals and was ranked number 5. In 2007, he won the bronze medal at the 9th all African Games in Algiers, Algeria.
In 2007 he was selected to represent Nigeria for world boxing championships in Chicago, United States.
He was the captain of the Nigeria boxing team at the 2010 commonwealth games in Delhi, India.
He also participated in 2011 at the 10th all African games in Maputo, Mozambique.
References
Muideen Ganiyu Statistics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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1987 births
Living people
Featherweight boxers
Olympic boxers for Nigeria
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Nigerian male boxers
African Games silver medalists for Nigeria
African Games silver medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2003 All-Africa Games
20th-century Nigerian people
21st-century Nigerian sportsmen