title: Oluyemi Kayode
text: # Oluyemi Kayode
  
  Oluyemi Kayode (7 July 1968 – 1 October 1994) was a Nigerian sprinter.
  
  Kayode won the silver medal in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, together with teammates Chidi Imoh, Olapade Adeniken and Davidson Ezinwa. He also won a silver medal in 200 metres at the 1993 African Championships and was Nigerian national champion on that distance in 1993 and 1994 respectively. He finished sixth in the 200 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
  
  ## Death
  
  Kayode died in a car accident in Northern Arizona in October 1994. A stadium in Ado-Ekiti is named in his honor.
  
  