John Akii-Bua
Sign in to saveUgandan athletics competitor (1949–1997)
Key facts
- Born
- 3 December 1949, Lira , Uganda
- Died
- 20 June 1997 (aged 47), Kampala , Uganda
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 77 kg (170 lb)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- 400 m, 400 m hurdles
- Personal best s
- 400 m – 45.82 (1976), 400 mH – 47.82 (1972)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uganda
- Place of birth
- Lira
- Place of death
- Kampala
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Uganda
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Akii-Bua 1972.jpg
- Height
- 188
Show 10 more facts
- competition won
- athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's 400 metres
- date of birth
- 1949-12-03
- date of death
- 1997-06-20
- Commons category
- John Akii-Bua
- personal best
- 47.82
- sports discipline competed in
- 400 metres hurdles
- trained by
- Malcolm Arnold
- end of work period
- 1984-00-00
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
John Akii-Bua (3 December 1949 – 20 June 1997) was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country Uganda. In 1986, he was a recipient of the Silver Olympic Order.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Akii-Bua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.