// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Joe Taiwo? Joe-tally unknown.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 August 1959 in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Triple Jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Washington State Cougars | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Joseph Taiwo (born 24 August 1959) is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the triple jump at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]His personal best was 17.22 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Bauchi. This ranks him second among Nigerian triple jumpers, behind Ajayi Agbebaku, and fifth in Africa, behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa, Agbebaku, Khotso Mokoena and Andrew Owusu.[2]
Taiwo won the British AAA Championships title at the 1986 AAA Championships.[3][4]
Taiwo was a Pac-10 Conference champion for the Washington State Cougars track and field team as an athlete, and he later went on to coach the Washington Huskies track and field jumps team as a volunteer assistant.[5]
He is the father of American decathlete Jeremy Taiwo.[6] Taiow currently coaches jumps at Newport High School in Bellevue Washington.[7]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Nigeria | |||||
| 1984 | African Championships | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Triple jump | 17.19 m |
| Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 9th | Triple jump | 16.64 m | |
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 6th | Triple jump | 16.65 m |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 5th | Triple jump | 17.29 m | |
| All-Africa Games | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.90 m | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 9th | Triple jump | 16.46 m |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ↑ GBR Athletics website Archived 2007-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ↑ "Joseph Taiwo". Washington Huskies.
- ↑ "Jeremy Taiwo Biography". Washington Huskies. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "Home of the Knights - (Bellevue, WA)". leaguelineup.com. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Joseph Taiwo at World Athletics
- Joseph Taiwo at Olympics.com
- Joseph Taiwo at Olympedia
- Joseph Taiwo at InterSportStats
African Champions in men's triple jump | |
|---|---|
|
 | This biographical article relating to Nigerian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Nigeria
- African Games silver medalists for Nigeria
- African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games athletes for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games
- Sportspeople from Ibadan
- 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Washington Huskies track and field coaches
- Washington State Cougars men's track and field athletes
- Olympic men triple jumpers
- Nigerian athletics biography stubs