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Karim Olowu
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Alhaji Karim Ayinla Babalola "KAB" Olowu (OON) (born 7 June 1924) is a Nigerian former sprinter and long jumper who was part of Nigeria's first delegation to the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games.
Olowu participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.〔 Two years prior to his appearance at the Olympics, he participated in the 1950 British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games) in Auckland, New Zealand. At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Canada, he won silver medals in long jump and the 4×110 yards relay, becoming the first Nigerian athlete to win two medals at the Commonwealth Games. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics he became the first Nigerian Olympic torch bearer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.punchng.com/sports/nigerian-sports-award-to-honour-olowu-ogan-eleyae/ )〕 He is one of Africa's oldest living Olympians.
==Early life==
Olowu was born in Lagos, Nigeria on 7 June 1924 to B. M. S. Olowu and R. A. Olowu (née Tinubu). He is the first grandson of Madam Tinubu and Saka Tinubu, part of a wealthy Yoruba family.〔(Tinubu, Madam Efunroye (ca. 1805-1887) ). Black Past. Retrieved on 2015-04-03.〕 He attended Saint Paul’s Primary School, Breadfruit Lagos where in 1936 he began his sporting career represented his school in the Empire Day Athletics in commemoration of the British Empire Day, which was celebrated in Britain and its colonies before the independence in 1960. He later attended CMS Grammar School, Lagos where he was the sports prefect (Prefectus Ludorum). He started working as a civil servant before he won a Federal Government scholarship to study Physical Education in Loughborough College Leicestershire, England in 1952. He graduated with honors in 1955
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