Karim Olowu

Alhaji Karim Ayinla Babalola "KAB" Olowu (7 ga watan Yuni, shekara ta 1924 zuwa  14 ga watan Agustan shekarar 2019) ya kasance dan wasan tsere na Najeriya kuma mai tsere mai tsawo wanda ya kasance daga cikin tawagar farko ta Najeriya zuwa wasannin Olympics da wasannin Commonwealth .

Olowu ta shiga gasar Olympics ta shekarar 1952 da kuma gasar Olympics ta shekarar 1956.  Shekaru biyu kafin bayyanarsa a wasannin Olympics, ya shiga cikin Wasannin Daular Burtaniya na shekara ya 1950 (yanzu Wasannin Commonwealth) an Auckland, New Zealand . A wasannin Daular Burtaniya da Commonwealth na  shekara ta 1954 da aka gudanar a Kanada, ya lashe lambobin azurfa a tsalle mai tsawo da kuma 4×110 yadudduka, ya zama dan wasan Najeriya na farko da ya lashe lambobli biyu a wasannin Commonwealth. A wasannin Olympics na Barcelona na shekara ta 1992 ya zama na farko da ya dauki fitilar Olympics ta Najeriya. Ya kasance daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Olympics da suka fi tsufa a Afirka.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Olowu a birnin Lagos na Najeriya  na  7 ga watan Yunin shekarar  1924 to BMS Olowu and RA Olowu (née Tinubu). Shi Tinubu da Saka Tinubu, na farko.  wani bangare na dangin Yarbawa masu arziki.  Ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Saint Paul, Breadfruit Lagos inda a shekarar 1936 ya fara sana'ar motsa jiki ya wakilci makarantarsa a wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle na Empire Day a bikin tunawa da ranar daular Biritaniya, wadda aka yi a Biritaniya da yankunanta kafin samun 'yancin kai a shekarar 1960. Daga baya ya halarci makarantar CMS Grammar School, Legas inda ya kasance shugaban kula da harkokin wasanni Lumfadou (Prefect). Ya fara aiki a matsayin ma’aikacin gwamnati kafin ya samu gurbin karatu na Gwamnatin Tarayya inda ya karanci ilimin Jiki a Loughborough College Leicestershire, Ingila a shekarar 1952. Ya kammala da digiri a shekara ta 1955.

 Ayyukan wasanni 
Olowu na daga cikin rukuni na farko na 'yan Najeriya da suka shiga gasar Olympics. Ya wakilci kasar sau biyu a gasar Olympics a shekara ta 1952 da shekarar 1956 bi da bi a tsalle mai tsawo da tseren sakewa. Ya kuma shiga cikin Wasannin Commonwealth na shekara ta 1950, 1954 da shekarar 1958. Ya lashe lambobin azurfa a tsalle mai tsawo da tsere a fitowar a shekarar 1958.

Olowu ya lashe lambobin yabo na AAA na Burtaniya sau uku a gasar zakarun AAA ta shekarar  1953,  A shekara ta 1955 AAA Championships,   da shekarar  1958 AAA Championship. 

 Jami'in wasan motsa jiki 
Olowu ya yi aiki a cikin wasanni a wasu wurare da yawa. Ya kasance fitaccen memba na Ƙungiyar Wasanni ta Najeriya (AFN) na shekaru da yawa. Ya kasance jami'i a Wasannin Commonwealth na 8 a Kingston, Jamaica a shekarar 1966. Ya kasance manajan tawagar Najeriya a gasar Olympics ta  shekarar 1976 a Montreal, Kanada . Dukkanin kasashen Afirka sun kaurace wa wasannin Kanada saboda kasancewar wariyar launin fata ta Afirka ta Kudu a wasannin. Ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban, Majalisar Wasanni ta Jihar Legas . Ya kasance babban mai farawa a Wasannin Afirka na  shekarar 1973 da aka gudanar a Legas, Najeriya. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin kyaftin kuma a matsayin kocin kungiyoyin kasa a lokuta daban-daban.

 Rayuwa ta baya 
Bayan ya yi ritaya daga aikinsa na wasanni, Olowu ya yi aiki a tsarin gidan yarin Najeriya amma ƙaunarsa ga wasanni ba ta da nisa. Ya kafa cibiyar wasanni a gidan yarin Najeriya da ke Kirikiri, Legas inda ya yi aiki na wasu shekaru kuma ya kafa kulob din 'yan wasa na gidan yarin da ke samar da' yan wasa da yawa ga Najeriya. Olowu ta auri Aminat Olowu (née Abina) har zuwa mutuwarta. Ya kasance Shugaban kungiyar zuriyar Olowu kuma shi ne shugaban dangin Tinubu. Yana da 'ya'ya da yawa, jikoki da jikoki. Olowu ya mutu a ranar 14 ga watan Agusta 2019 a asibitin danginsa 'ya'yansa mata kuma an binne shi washegari bisa ga al'adun Musulmi.

 Sanarwa 

 Kyautar Kwamitin Wasannin Olympics na Najeriya (a shekarar 1995)
 Kyautar cancanta ta shekaru goma daga Ƙungiyar Athletic ta Najeriya AFN (1996) 
 Kyautar Wasanni ta Kasa (a shekara ta 1987)
 OGS Merit Awards don gudummawa da sabis ga CMS Grammar School musamman da Najeriya a matsayin tarayyar (2003) 
 Kyaututtuka na musamman da sabis mai daraja ga ci gaban wasanni a Najeriya ta Kwalejin Kwallon Kafa (2001) 
 Jami'in Order of Niger (OON) (a shekara ta 2006)

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2019
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1924