Muslim Aremu Arogundade (born 24 June 1926, date of death unknown) was a Nigerian sprinter. Domestically, he represented the Lagos United African Company Club. Arogundade would go on and represent Nigeria for their first appearance at an Olympic Games, competing at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

. He competed in the men's 200 metres and the men's 4 × 100 metres relay but did not medal. Arogundade also competed at the

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 30 July to 7 August 1954. This was the fifth edition of the event that would eventually become known as the Commonwealth Games, the second post-war G ...

, finishing second in the men's 4 × 110 yards relay.

Biography

Muslim Aremu Arogundade was born on 24 June 1926 in

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...

, British Nigeria. Domestically, he represented the sports club Lagos United African Company Club. He would be one of the first Nigerian athletics competitors and one of the first Nigerian sportspeople overall to compete at an Olympic Games, as the nation would make its official debut at the Olympic Games at this edition of the competition. Arogundade first competed in the heats of the men's 200 metres on 22 July against four other athletes. In his heat, he would place last with a time of 22.71 seconds and did not advance further to the quarterfinals. Alongside three other Nigerian sprinters, they would compete in the heats of the men's 4 × 100 metres relay on 26 July against three other relay teams. There, they would place second with a time of 42.4 seconds and advanced to the semifinals the following day. In the semifinals, they would place last out of the five teams in their round, recording a time of 41.9 seconds and did not advance to the finals. Two years later, he would be part of the Nigerian team at the

held in

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, Canada. Individually, he would compete in the

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and 220 yards but was eliminated in the heats. Though, he won a silver medal in the men's 4 × 110 yards relay alongside his relay team. He later died in

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

, Nigeria, though other details of his death are unknown.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arogundade, Muslim 1926 births Year of death missing Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria Nigerian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Nigeria Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics