Nojim Maiyegun (17 February 1941 – 26 August 2024) was a Nigerian

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, who won the bronze medal in the men's

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(71 kg) category at the

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. Maiyegun was born in

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on 17 February 1941. He was Nigeria's first Olympic medalist. Maiyegun revealed his loss of vision in 2012. Maiyegun died on 26 August 2024, at the age of 83.

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Article - The Death of Nigerian Sports And A Walk Down Memory Lane
* 1941 births 2024 deaths Light-middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Nigeria Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Nigeria Boxers from Lagos Olympic medalists in boxing Nigerian male boxers Nigerian blind people Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing {{Nigeria-Olympic-medalist-stub