An Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games gold prize medal for men's football awarded to Celestine Babayaro representing Nigeria, inscribed to the rim MEN'S FOOTB
£5,000 - £8,000
An Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games gold prize medal for men's football awarded to Celestine Babayaro representing Nigeria, inscribed to the rim MEN'S FOOTBALL, silver-gilt, 70mm, by Malcolm Grier Designers, Victory seated above stadium, the reverse with the Atlanta logo over laurel branches and pictogram, green ribbon with gold wire borders, the ribbon bearing the with Atlanta logo, in presentation wooden box Celestine Babayaro was a member of the Nigeria team who sensationally won the football tournament at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and scored in the gold medal match versus Argentina. With his trademark backflip celebration he became a familiar figure in the English Premier League playing for Chelsea and later Newcastle United between 1997 and 2008. Babayaro also played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups for Nigeria. His African Cup of Nations medal is being offered elsewhere in this catalogue as lot 625.