Mamadou Ndiaye ‘Tokyo’, the Competitions Manager of the African Athletic Confederation (CAA) (© IAAF.org)
Mamadou Ndiaye ‘Tokyo’, the Competitions Manager of the African Athletic Confederation (CAA) died on Saturday 9 May 2008 in Dakar following a short illness.
Ndiaye, born 02/08/1939, was present at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the recent staging of the 16th African Championships at the beginning of May. There he had felt faint but he recovered quickly and had been allowed to travel back to Dakar. Two days after his return to the Senegalses capital, he was found lifeless in his bed.
As an elite athlete Ndiaye was the first Senegalese to go down under 50 seconds for the men’s 400m, and was nicknamed ‘Tokyo’ as it was at the 1964 Olympic Games at which he participated in the 4x400m Relay.
A good career followed as a coach which was highlighted by stints as a National Coach and then as National Technical Manager of Senegalese athletics in the glorious period of athletes such as Dia Bâ, Sheikh Boye, Moussa Fall, Mbaye Niang and many others.
Ndiaye was also been the first administrative manager of the CIAD and was also CAA Technical Manager before taking up his post of Competitions Manager which he held until his death.
Oumar Ba for the IAAF