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Moving from Category:Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games to Category:Swimmers at the 2007 All-Africa Games using Cat-a-lot

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{{short description|Nigerian swimmer}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2019}}
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{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox swimmer|
| name= Yellow Yeiyah
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| nationality = {{NGR}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|9|9}}
| birth_place = [[Ondo City|Ondo, Nigeria]]
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| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[All-Africa Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2007 All-Africa Games|2007 Algiers]] | [[Swimming at the 2007 All-Africa Games|50m Butterfly]]}}
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'''Yellow Yeiyah''', last names also seen as two words "Yei Yah", (born 9 September 1984 in [[Ondo City|Ondo, Nigeria]])<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ye/yellow-yei-yah-1.html Yellow's entry] from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-23.</ref> is an Olympic swimmer from [[Nigeria]]. He swam for Nigeria at the [[Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympics]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080908203856/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/239230.shtml Yeiyah's bio/results page] from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-23.</ref>

He first represented Nigeria at international level in the [[2006 African Swimming Championships|8th African Swimming Championships]] held in [[Dakar|Dakar, Senegal]] in September 2006 where he posted a time of 26.04 in the 50 meters [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] finishing seventh.<ref>[http://www.fsnat.org/can/pages/resultats.htm Result page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928234700/http://www.fsnat.org/can/pages/resultats.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} of the Senegal Swimming Federation.</ref>
He is the current Nigerian National Record Holder in the 50m and 100m Butterfly events.

At the [[Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 World Championships]] in [[Melbourne]] he swam 26.05 in the same event, also participating in the 50 and 100 meters [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]], 100 meters butterfly, 200 meters [[individual medley]] as well as being part of the 4x100 medley relay.

British sports journalist and former swimmer [[James Parrack]] has described Yeiyah as having "great potential" and has suggested that he specialise to maximise this.

Some of his best times are listed below;
*50m Freestyle: 23.86sec
*100m Freestyle: 54.17sec
*50m Butterfly: 24.46sec [[List of Nigerian records in swimming|NR]]
*100m Butterfly: 57.15sec
*200IM 2:26.31sec

==References==
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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Nigerian male swimmers]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Nigeria]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists for Nigeria]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2007 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2019 African Games]]
[[Category:People from Ondo City]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ondo State]]
[[Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists in swimming]]

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Yellow Yeiyah - Revision history

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