Celine Obinna-Alo

Celine Obinna-Alo
Personal information
Born (2010-04-28) 28 April 2010
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Coached byRichard Kilty
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60m: 7.34 (2025)
100m: 11.45 (2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U18 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 Rieti100m

Celine Obinna-Alo (born 28 April 2010) is a British sprinter. In 2025, she set the British women's under-17 best time for the 60 metres.[1]

Early life

Born in Middlesbrough, and from Linthorpe,[2] Obinna-Alo attends Venerable Bede Church of England Academy in Tyne and Wear.[3]

Career

Trained by British Olympic medalist sprinter Richard Kilty, and a member of Gateshead Harriers,[4] in February 2025 Obinna-Alo became Englsh indoor U17 champion over 60 metres, at the age of 14 years-old. In the final she ran 7.38 seconds, a championship record, 0.03 seconds outside Asha Philip’s British under-17 record.[5][6]

In May 2025, she won the Loughborough International Athletics 100 metres race with a personal best time of 11.69 seconds.[3] She placed second over 100 metres at the 2025 English Schools Championships in 11.86 seconds.[7] In 2025, she became the youngest sportsperson in Britain to be signed by sportswear brand Nike. In December, still aged 15 years-old, she improved the British under-17 best for 60 metres, running 7.34 seconds at Lee valley breaking the previous record set by Asha Philip of 7.35 seconds in 2007.[2] On 14 February 2026, she was a finalist over 60 metres at the senior 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, placing eighth overall.[8]

Obinna-Alo was selected as a member of the Great Britain team for the 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships in Italy.[9][10] On the opening day she completed her preliminary heat in a personal best of 11.45 seconds (+1.8), prior to winning the bronze medal in the final behind Kelly Doualla and Apostolia Antonatou, running 11.50 seconds.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Celine Obinna-Alo". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 Kirby, Sue (13 December 2025). "Young Teesside runner sets new British record for 60m sprint and is signed by Nike". Gazette Live. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Fatkin, Neil (3 June 2025). "I'd love to represent Team GB at the next Olympics says Sunderland schoolgirl after record breaking run". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Lanigan, Adam; Drury, Mark (23 Dec 2025). "'She's most gifted female British sprinter ever'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "14-year-old sprinter defies age to become England under-17 champion". Gazette Live. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Henderson, Jason (Feb 12, 2025). "Records fall at the England Athletics age-group indoor champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Henderson, Jason (13 July 2025). "CLASS OF 2025 SHINE AT SUN-DRENCHED ENGLISH SCHOOLS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
  9. ↑ Adams, Tim (1 July 2026). "DIVINE IHEME, FREDDIE ROWE AND SONNY ALLEN LEAD GB EURO U18 TEAM". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Strong Team of 43 Athletes selected for 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships in Italy". British Athletics. 1 July 2026. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "BRITS MAKE THEIR MARK IN THE HEAT AS EUROPEAN U18 CHAMPS GETS UNDERWAY". Athletics Weekly. 16 July 2026. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (17 Jul 2026). "11.14! Doualla blasts to 100m gold in European U18 best in Rieti". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
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