Peter Esiri
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| Nationality | Nigerian | |||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1928 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | triple jump | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Esiri (born 11 September 1928) is a former athlete who represented Nigeria in the triple jump event at the 1956 Olympics held in Melbourne.[1]
Biography
Esiri finished third behind Ken Wilmshurst in the triple jump event at the 1954 AAA Championships.[2][3][4]
Shortly afterwards, Esiri represented Nigeria at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver and won a silver medal in the triple jump competition, beaten again by Ken Wilmshurst who claimed the gold.[5]
Esiri represented Nigeria at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he qualified for the final round with a jump of 14.93 in the event but overstepped the board in his final attempts.[5]
References
- ^ "Peter Esiri Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "2 Britons hold new record". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 11 July 1954. Retrieved 25 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 April 2025.