Funminiyi Olajide
2025 UK Athletics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 4 June 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long jump |
| Club | Thurrock Harriers |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | Long jump 6.67m (Fayetteville, 2025) |
Oluwafunminiyi Olajide (born 4 June 2002) is a British long jumper.[1][2]
Biography
She is from Thurrock, and attended William Edwards School in Grays, Essex.[3] In January 2018, she won the long jump at the South of England Indoor Championships at Lee Valley with a personal best or 5.96 metres.[4] A member of the Thurrock Harriers, she finished sixth with a jump of 6.28m at the British Athletics Championships, in July 2022.[5]
She attended College in the United States at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas, winning Second Team All-American honors with a tenth place finish and a jump of 6.32 meters at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2024.[6]
Beginning in 2025, Olajide transferred to the Arkansas Razorbacks track and field team.[2] She jumped a personal best 6.67 metres in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 14 February 2025.[7] She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2025.[8]
She finished in fourth place at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham with a best jump of 6.23 metres.[9]
On 21 June 2026, she jumped 6.47 metres to place third in the long jump at the 2026 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham behind Lucy Hadaway and Molly Palmer.[10][11][12]
References
- ↑ "Funminiyi Olajide". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- 1 2 "Oluwafunminiyi Olajide". arkansasrazorbacks.com.
- ↑ "Athletics: Thurrock's Funminiyi impresses at National School Games". Your Thurrock. September 1, 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "Athletics: Funminiyi strikes Gold at Indoor Champs". Your Thurrock. January 9, 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "Athletics: Impressive performances by Thurrock Harriers". Your Thurrock. July 6, 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "Five American Athletes Earn First Team All-America Honors at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships". The American. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "Tyson International". World Athletics. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS INDOORS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ↑ "GLORIOUS SUCCESS FOR EDUAN AS ANNING, HUNTER BELL, HADAWAY & WIGHTMAN STAR IN BIRMINGHAM". British Athletics. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ "Novuna UK Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (22 June 2026). "SCOTT LINCOLN LEADS FIELD EVENT WINNERS IN BIRMINGHAM". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 June 2026.