Omoba Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin, M.D. was a Nigerian-born high jumper and long jumper, who became the first Nigerian to compete in an Olympics final in 1948, when representing Great Britain.

Alan Sinclair Paterson was a British track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He was one of Europe's best high jumpers during the immediate post-World War II period. He was the champion